bozza

See also: Bozza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔttsa
• Hyphenation: bòz‧za

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *bottia, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”). Compare French bosse, Occitan bossa; also Romanian bot.

Alternatively, a northern variant of Italian boccia, from a Latin root *buttia, from Latin buttis.

Noun

bozza f (plural bozze)

1. bump
2. draft or proof (of a document)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bosse, from the same etymology as above.

Noun

bozza f (plural bozze)

1. (nautical) stopper, backstay

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian bozza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡sa/

Noun

bozza f (plural bozoz)

1. light bulb

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buttia.

Noun

bozza f

1. barrel

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 660