bozza

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

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.

bozza f (plural bozze)

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

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

bozza f (plural bozze)

1. (nautical) stopper, backstay

Borrowed from Sicilian bozza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡sa/

bozza f (plural bozoz)

1. light bulb