zucchetto

English

Alternative forms

• zuchetto (non-standard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

Noun

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

Translations

small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy

Belarusian: піу́ска f (piúska) Catalan: solideu m Chinese: Mandarin: 小瓜帽 (xiǎoguāmào) Dutch: solideo n, pileolus m, zucchetto n, solideetje n, kalot (nl) m or f Esperanto: vertoĉapo, papoĉapo, pileolo, solideo Finnish: zucchetto French: calotte (fr) f, submitrale (fr) f German: Pileolus m, Zucchetto m, Soli Deo m, Subbirettum n, Submitrale n, Scheitelkäppchen n, Kalotte (de) f Greek: καλότα (el) f (kalóta) Hungarian: soli deo, pileólus Italian: zucchetto (it) m Japanese: カロッタ (karotta) Korean: 주케토 (juketo) Latin: pileolus m Latvian: piuska f, pileolusu m Polish: piuska (pl) f Portuguese: solidéu m Russian: пиле́олус (ru) m (piléolus) Slovene: škofovska čepica f Spanish: solideo (es) m Ukrainian: піле́олус m (piléolus)

Further reading

• zucchetto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia