zucchetto

• zuchetto (non-standard)

Borrowed from Italian zucchetto, ultimately a diminutive of zucca (“gourd, squash”), due to the shape. Compare zucchini.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tsʊˈkɛtəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /(t)sʊˈkɛtoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

zucchetto (plural zucchettos)

1. A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy

   Synonym: calotte

• zucchetto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From zucca (“gourd, squash”) +‎ -etto (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zukˈket.to/, (traditional) ^*/t͡sukˈket.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -etto
• Hyphenation: zuc‧chét‧to

zucchetto m (plural zucchetti)

1. (Roman Catholicism) zucchetto, calotte (small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy)
2. (uncommon) diminutive of zucca; zucchini

   Synonyms: zucchetta, zucchina

• zucchetto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• zucchetto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana