scatola

Italian

Etymology

Metathesised form of Early Medieval Latin castula (“basket”), diminutive of a term borrowed from a Germanic language, *kasto, whence also Italian castone, German Kasten. Compare Sicilian scàtulu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈska.to.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atola
  • Hyphenation: scà‧to‧la

Noun

scatola f (plural scatole)

  1. box
    una scatola di cioccolatini ― a chocolate box
  2. tin, can

Derived terms


Descendants

  • → Esperanto: skatolo
  • → Serbo-Croatian: škàtulja, škàtula

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