biscotto

Borrowed from Italian biscotto. Doublet of biscuit.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈskɒtəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈskɑtoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

biscotto (plural biscotti)

1. Alternative form of biscotti.

Borrowed from Italian biscotto (“cookie, biscuit”) (in a figurative sense). Doublet of biscuit and biscotte.

• IPA^(key): /bis.kɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -o

biscotto m (uncountable)

1. (sports) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)

• IPA^(key): /bisˈkɔt.to/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: bi‧scòt‧to

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus. Synchronicallty bis- (“twice”) +‎ cotto (“baked, cooked”). Doublet of biscuit.

biscotto m (plural biscotti)

1. biscuit, cookie
2. (sports slang, uncountable) match fixing, tactical play between two teams aimed to wrong or evict a third team

   Synonym: combine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

biscotto

1. first-person singular present indicative of biscottare

• biscotto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• biscotto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it