bottigliaio

Italian

Etymology

From bottiglia (“bottle”) +‎ -aio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot.tiʎˈʎa.jo/
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: bot‧ti‧glià‧io

Noun

bottigliaio m (plural bottigliai, feminine bottigliaia)

1. a worker who makes glass bottles
2. (archaic) a buyer of used bottles

Further reading

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