maschietta

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masˈkjet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: ma‧schiét‧ta

Etymology 1

From maschietto (“little boy”). By surface analysis, maschio (“male”) +‎ -etta (feminine diminutive suffix).

Noun

maschietta f (plural maschiette)

  1. boyish girl, tomboy
  2. flapper (unconventional woman from the 1920s)
  3. pageboy hairstyle
    Si è fatta un taglio alla maschietta. ― She had a pageboy cut.

Etymology 2

Verb

maschietta

  1. inflection of maschiettare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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