bocia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan bocia, probably from Italian boccia, either in the sense of “wooden ball (for the game of bocce)” or in the jocular sense of “young boy”, sometimes as well of "head".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ɔtʃa
• Hyphenation: bò‧cia

Noun

bocia m (invariable)

1. (Alpini military slang) boy, rookie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bacio, baciò

Latin

Etymology

Probably a Latinization of French French bosse.

Noun

bocia f (genitive bociae); first declension(Medieval Latin)

1. pestilential ulcer

Descendants

• → Spanish: bocio

References

• "bocia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887), sense 4
• Corominas, Joan and José A. Pascual. 1984. w:Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. A-CA. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, page 605

Venetan

Noun

bocia f (plural bocie)

1. child (young person)