bottigliaio

Italian

Etymology

From bottiglia (“bottle”) +‎ -aio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bot.tiʎˈʎa.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: bot‧ti‧glià‧io

Noun

bottigliaio m (plural bottigliai, feminine bottigliaia)

  1. a worker who makes glass bottles
  2. (archaic) a buyer of used bottles

Further reading

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