dolcetto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, a diminutive of dolce (“sweet”). Doublet of dulcet and doucet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɒlˈtʃɛtəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /doʊlˈt͡ʃɛtoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

Noun

dolcetto (countable and uncountable, plural dolcettos or dolcetti)

1. A grape variety from Piedmont, used to make a red wine.
2. The dry, slightly bitter wine made from this grape.

Italian

Etymology

From dolce (“sweet”) +‎ -etto (“diminutive suffix”). Cognate to French doucet, Piedmontese dosset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dolˈt͡ʃet.to/
• Rhymes: -etto
• Hyphenation: dol‧cét‧to

Noun

dolcetto m (plural dolcetti)

1. diminutive of dolce: cookie, petit four, treat, sweet
2. (also uncountable) dolcetto (grape and wine from Piedmont)

Derived terms

• dolcetto o scherzetto? (“trick or treat”)

Descendants

• → English: dolcetto