biscotto
See also: biscottò
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈskɒtəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈskɑtoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Noun
biscotto (plural biscotti)
- Alternative form of biscotti
French
Etymology
From figurative Italian biscotto (“cookie, biscuit”). Doublet of biscuit and biscotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bis.kɔ.to/
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
biscotto m (uncountable)
- (sports) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈskɔt.to/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtto
- Hyphenation: bi‧scòt‧to
Etymology 1
From bis- (“twice”) + cotto (“cooked”), or from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin bis coctus (“twice cooked”). Compare English and French biscuit, Spanish bizcocho (“sponge cake”), Portuguese biscoito. Doublet of biscuit.
Noun
biscotto m (plural biscotti)
- biscuit, cookie
- (sports slang, uncountable) match fixing, tactical play between two teams aimed to wrong or evict a third team
- Synonym: combine
Derived terms
- biscottaio
- biscottare
- biscottato
- biscottello
- biscotteria
- biscottiera
- biscottificio
- biscottino
Descendants
- → English: biscotti
- → French: biscotto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
biscotto
- first-person singular present indicative of biscottare
Further reading
- biscotto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it