boccia

See also: Boccia

English
three people playing boccia
People playing boccia at the Paralympics

Etymology

From Italian boccia (“ball”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɒt͡ʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃə

Noun

boccia (uncountable)

  1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.

See also

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buttia < Latin buttis. See also bozza.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔttʃa
  • Hyphenation: bòc‧cia

Noun

boccia f (plural bocce)

  1. bowl, bowling ball
  2. flagon, decanter
  3. (vulgar, slang) in the plural: tits, boobs, jugs

Descendants
  • → Catalan: botxa
  • → English: boccia
  • → Galician: bocha
  • → Portuguese: bocha
  • → Spanish: bocha

Anagrams

Portuguese

Noun

boccia f (plural boccias)

  1. Dated spelling of bocha.

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian boccia.

Noun

boccia f (plural bocci)

  1. (games) ball, bowl
    Synonym: badda
    bocci e ragogghia (literally “bowls and hoop”)
  2. liquor bottle

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 546
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “boccia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 204
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 115
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