canestro
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron), κάνιστρον (kánistron). Compare English canister.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canestro m (plural canestri)
- basket (normal, and in basketball)
- hamper
- Synonym: cesto
- 1973, “Il signor Hood”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
- Lo vedi sempre con le spalle al sole, / con un canestro di parole nuove / calpestare nuove aiuole
- You always see it with his shoulders to the sun, / with a hamper of new words / trampling new flowerbeds
Derived terms edit
- pallacanestro (“basketball”)