canestro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron), κάνιστρον (kánistron). Compare English canister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnɛ.stro/
- Rhymes: -ɛstro
- Hyphenation: ca‧nè‧stro
Noun
canestro m (plural canestri)
- basket (normal, and in basketball)
- hamper
- Synonym: cesto
- 1973, “Il signor Hood”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
- Lo vedi sempre con le spalle al sole, / con un canestro di parole nuove / calpestare nuove aiuole
- You always see it with his shoulders to the sun, / with a hamper of new words / trampling new flowerbeds
Derived terms
- pallacanestro (“basketball”)
Anagrams
- castrone, conserta, constare, consterà, cornaste, costarne, costerna, scontare, sconterà, scorante, scornate, trescano