forchetta
Italian
Etymology
From forca (“gardening fork”) + -etta (diminutive suffix). Compare French fourchette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈket.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -etta
- Hyphenation: for‧chét‧ta
Noun
forchetta f (plural forchette, diminutive forchettìna, augmentative forchettóne, pejorative forchettàccia, endearing-derogatory forchettùccia)
- fork (item of cutlery)
- (zoology, horse anatomy) frog (organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof)
- Synonym: fettone
- (zoology, bird anatomy) wishbone
- Synonym: forcella
Derived terms
- forchettata
- forchettina
- forchettone
See also
- coltello
- cucchiaio
- forchetto