ciotola

Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *cytula where ⟨y⟩ was i̯u or also *cyatula after cyathus (“small ladle”) altered from Latin cotyla (“a kind of cup without handles”), from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, beaker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ.to.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔtola
• Hyphenation: ciò‧to‧la

Noun

ciotola f (plural ciotole)

1. bowl

   Synonyms: scodella, terrina

References

• Dahmen, Wolfgang, Kramer, Johannes (2006) “Die rumänischen Erbwörter altgriechischer Herkunft (Vorarbeiten zum Etymologicum Graeco-Slavo-Valachicum)”, in Wolfgang Dahmen, Günter Holtus, Johannes Kramer, Michael Metzeltin, Wolfgang Schweickard, Otto Winkelmann, editors, Lexikalischer Sprachkontakt in Südosteuropa. Romanistisches Kolloquium XII (Tübinger Beiträge zur Linguistik; 447) (in German), Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, →ISBN, page 204
• “ciotola”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini
• ciotola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ciòtola in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• ciotola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• acolito, colatoi