bocce
English
Alternative forms
- (the sport): boccie, bocci
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bocce.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: bŏchʹ-i, IPA(key): /ˈbɑt͡ʃi/
Noun
bocce (countable and uncountable, plural bocces)
- (sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
- (sports, countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
- 2012, Victoria Rowell, Paul Tukey, Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games, →ISBN:
- The object is throw or roll the bocces as close as possible to the pallino.
- 2013 February 6, Brian Messenger, “Bocce balls are rolling”, in Eagle-Tribune:
- The side with their bocces closest to the pallino earns points.
- 2013 April 30, Paul Haigh, “Bocce star to represent Australia”, in Liverpool City Champion:
- When he first started we had to buy a smaller set of bocces because his hands were small.
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Translations
A game similar to bowls or pétanque
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See also
- boccia
Italian
Alternative forms
- boccie (misspelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -ɔttʃe
- Hyphenation: bòc‧ce
Noun
bocce f pl
- plural of boccia
- bowls (game)
Related terms
- boccino
- bocciodromo
- boccista
Anagrams
- becco, beccò
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bocce.
Noun
bocce n (uncountable)
- bocce
Declension
declension of bocce (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) bocce | bocceul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) bocce | bocceului |
| vocative | bocceule | |
References
- bocce in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN