tabbuto

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Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sicilian tabbutu, from Arabic تَابُوت (tābūt).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tabˈbu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: tab‧bù‧to

Noun[edit]

tabbuto m (plural tabbuti) (regional)

  1. coffin, (Canada, US) casket
    Synonyms: bara, (colloquial) cassa da morto, (literary) feretro
  2. (by extension) box, chest
    Synonyms: cassa, scrigno

Further reading[edit]

  • tabbuto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tabbuto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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