boccale

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bokˈka.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: boc‧cà‧le

Etymology 1

bocca (“mouth”) +‎ -ale (“-al”, relational adjective suffix)

Adjective

boccale (plural boccali)

  1. oral, mouth (attributive)

Etymology 2

From a crossing of bocca (“mouth”) with Late Latin baucālis, from Koine Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”); probably of Berber[1] or Egyptian origin.[2]

Noun

boccale m (plural boccali)

  1. a serving vessel:
    1. jug
    2. stein
  2. a quantity of liquid held by such a vessel:
    1. jugful
    2. steinful
  3. (historical) a unit of measure for volume used in Italy, with different values according to the area
  4. (northern Italy) urinal

References
  • boccale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • boccale2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  1. Varia Africana. (1918). United States: African Department of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, p. 303
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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