boccia

See also: Boccia

English

People playing boccia at the Paralympics

Etymology

From Italian boccia (“ball”). Doublet of butt (“wooden cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒt͡ʃə/
• Rhymes: -ɒtʃə

Noun

boccia (uncountable)

1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.

See also

• bocce
• wheelchair curling

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buttia < Latin buttis. See also bozza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ɔttʃa
• Hyphenation: bòc‧cia

Noun

boccia f (plural bocce)

1. bowl, bowling ball
2. flagon, decanter
3. (vulgar, slang) in the plural: tits, boobs, jugs

Descendants

• → Catalan: botxa
• → English: boccia
• → Galician: bocha
• → Japanese: ボッチャ (botcha)
• → Korean: 보치아 (bochia)
• → Portuguese: bocha
• → Spanish: bocha

Anagrams

• Baccio, biacco

Portuguese

Noun

boccia f (plural boccias)

1. Dated spelling of bocha.

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian boccia.

Noun

boccia f (plural bocci)

1. (games) ball, bowl

   Synonym: badda

   bocci e ragogghia (literally “bowls and hoop”)

2. liquor bottle

Derived terms

• buccinu

Descendants

• → Maltese: boċċa

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 546
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “boccia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 204
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 115