teccola

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtek.ko.la/
• Rhymes: -ekkola
• Hyphenation: téc‧co‧la

Etymology 1

Akin to tacca (“stain, spot”).

Alternative forms

• tecca (uncommon)

Noun

teccola f (plural teccole)

1. (Tuscan) spot, fleck
2. (figurative, Tuscan) flaw, fault

Etymology 2

Probably a conflation of taccola (“jackdaw”) with the above lemma.

Noun

teccola f (plural teccole)

1. (central Italy) Synonym of voltolino

Further reading

• teccola¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• teccola² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• accolte, leccato, taccole