Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Latin vīctus (lifestyle; nourishment), from vīvō (I live; I survive).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvit.to/
  • Rhymes: -itto
  • Hyphenation: vìt‧to

Noun

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vitto m (plural vitti)

  1. (obsolete) nourishment
    Synonym: nutrimento
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 20”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 26; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      [] la gente estrana, / ch’or d’Africa portava, ora d’Egitto / cose diverse e necessarie al vitto.
      Foreigners, who brought—sometimes from Africa, sometimes from Egypt—various things needed for nourishment.
  2. food(s) used for daily nutrition; meals
    Synonym: cibo
    1. board (regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging)
      vitto e alloggioboard and lodging

Derived terms

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Further reading

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