scatola

Italian

Etymology

Metathesised form of Early Medieval Latin castula (“basket”), diminutive of a term borrowed from a Germanic language, *kasto, whence also Italian castone, German Kasten. Compare Sicilian scàtulu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈska.to.la/
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Rhymes: -atola
Hyphenation: scà‧to‧la

Noun

scatola f (plural scatole)

box
una scatola di cioccolatini ― a chocolate box
tin, can

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Esperanto: skatolo
→ Serbo-Croatian: škàtulja, škàtula

Anagrams

ascolta, lascato, scalato, scolata, solcata, talcosa

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