bacchetta
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakˈket.ta/
- Rhymes: -etta
- Hyphenation: bac‧chét‧ta
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *baclitta, a diminutive from Latin baculum.
Alternative forms
- bachetta (archaic)
Noun
bacchetta f (plural bacchette)
- rod, stick
- drumstick
- (music) baton (stick of a conductor)
- (firearms) ramrod, gun-stick, rod for stuffing the muzzleloader with ammunition,
- chopstick
- pointer
Related terms
- bacchetta magica
- bacchettare
- bacchettata
- sbacchettare
Descendants
- → Catalan: baqueta
- → Portuguese: baqueta, vaqueta
- → Spanish: baqueta
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bacchetta
- inflection of bacchettare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative