boccia
See also: Boccia
English
People playing boccia at the Paralympics
Etymology
From Italian boccia (“ball”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɒt͡ʃə/
Noun
boccia (uncountable)
- A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.
See also
- bocce
- wheelchair curling
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *buttia < Latin buttis. See also bozza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -ɔttʃa
- Hyphenation: bòc‧cia
Noun
boccia f (plural bocce)
- bowl, bowling ball
- flagon, decanter
Descendants
- → Catalan: botxa
- → English: boccia
- → Galician: bocha
- → Portuguese: bocha
- → Spanish: bocha
Anagrams
- Baccio, biacco
Portuguese
Noun
boccia f (plural boccias)
- Dated spelling of bocha.
Sicilian
Etymology
Compare Italian boccia.
Noun
boccia f (plural bocci)
- (games) ball, bowl
- Synonym: badda
- bocci e ragogghia (literally “bowls and hoop”)
- liquor bottle
Derived terms
- buccinu
Descendants
- → Maltese: boċċa
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 546
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “boccia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 204
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 115