beccaio

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From becco (“male goat, billy”) +‎ -aio (“-er”). Cognate with English butcher, French boucher, Lombard becchee, Piedmontese bëcché, Venetan becaro, and Sicilian vucceri, among others.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bekˈka.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: bec‧cà‧io

Noun

beccaio m (plural beccai, feminine beccaia)

  1. (obsolete) one who sells goat meat
  2. (by extension, obsolete or regional) butcher
    Synonym: macellaio

Derived terms

Further reading

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