decotto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈkɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: de‧còt‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin dēcoctus, perfect passive participle of dēcocō, dēcoquō (“I boil away”).

Adjective

decotto (feminine decotta, masculine plural decotti, feminine plural decotte)

1. (archaic) boiled, cooked

   Synonyms: bollito, cotto

2. (law, rare) bankrupt

   Synonym: fallito

3. nearly bankrupt (of a company or business)

Etymology 2

From Latin dēcoctum (“medicinal drink, potion”), substantivized neuter form of dēcoctus, perfect passive participle of dēcocō, dēcoquō (“I boil away”).

Noun

decotto m (plural decotti)

1. decoction
2. infusion, brew

   Synonyms: infusione, infuso, tisana

   • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 74:

     […] il sambuco da farne con la corteccia un decotto per il fegato […]

     […] the elderberry for preparing from its trunk an infusion for the liver […]

Related terms

• decozione

Further reading

• decotto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• decotto² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana