tabbuto
Italian
Alternative forms
- tabuto, tabutto (regional, uncommon)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian tabbutu, from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tabˈbu.to/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: tab‧bù‧to
Noun
tabbuto m (plural tabbuti) (regional)
- coffin, (Canada, US) casket
- Synonyms: bara, (colloquial) cassa da morto, (literary) feretro
- (by extension) box, chest
- Synonyms: cassa, scrigno
Further reading
- tabbuto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- tabbuto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication