staffetta
Italian
Etymology
From staffa (“stirrup”) + -etta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stafˈfet.ta/
- Rhymes: -etta
- Hyphenation: staf‧fét‧ta
Noun
staffetta f (plural staffette)
- courier, runner
- Synonyms: corriere, messaggero
- (sports) relay race
- (sports) relay team
Derived terms
- staffettista
Descendants
- → French: estafette
- → Dutch: estafette
- → West Frisian: estafette
- → Indonesian: estafet
- → English: estafette
- → Dutch: estafette
- → Portuguese: estafeta
- → Spanish: estafeta
- → Yiddish: שטאַפֿעט (shtafet)
Further reading
- staffetta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana