pentola

From a Vulgar Latin *pinta, alternative form of Latin picta (“painted [pot]”), feminine perfect passive participle of pingō (“to decorate; to paint”), from the custom of decorating crocks and pots by painting them.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpen.to.la/, /ˈpɛn.to.la/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -entola, -ɛntola
• Hyphenation: pén‧to‧la, pèn‧to‧la

pentola f (plural pentole, diminutive pentolino, augmentative pentolone, pejorative pentolaccia)

1. (cooking) pot, saucepan
2. (by extension) potful

• il diavolo fa le pentole ma non i coperchi

• Lepanto, Platone, platone, polenta, talpone