biscotto

See also: biscottò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian biscotto. Doublet of biscuit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

biscotto (plural biscotti)

1. Alternative form of biscotti

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.kɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

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)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈskɔt.to/

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• biscottaio
• biscottare
• biscottato
• biscottello
• biscotteria
• biscottiera
• biscottificio
• biscottino

 

Descendants

• → Byzantine Greek: μπισκόττιν (mpiskóttin)
  • Greek: μπισκότο (biskóto)
• → English: biscotti, biscotto
• → French: biscotte; biscotto
• → German: Biskotte; → Zwieback (calque) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hijazi Arabic: بِسْكوت (biskōt)
• → Spanish: biscotte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

biscotto

1. first-person singular present indicative of biscottare

References

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

Further reading

• biscotto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it