colletto

Italian

Etymology 1

Diminutive of collo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kolˈlet.to/
  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: col‧lét‧to

Noun

colletto m (plural colletti)

  1. collar
Derived terms
  • colletti bianchi

Etymology 2

From Latin collēctus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kolˈlet.to/, (traditional) /kolˈlɛt.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -etto, (traditional) -ɛtto
  • Hyphenation: col‧lét‧to, (traditional) col‧lèt‧to

Adjective

colletto (feminine colletta, masculine plural colletti, feminine plural collette)

  1. (poetic, archaic) gathered, collected

References
  1. colletto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading
  • colletto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.