bucchero

English

Etymology

From Italian bucchero, from Spanish búcaro, from Portuguese púcaro. Doublet of poculum.

Noun

bucchero (uncountable)

1. A type of dark grey Etruscan terracotta pottery.

Italian

Alternative forms

• buccaro (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish búcaro (“clay; clay vase”), from Portuguese púcaro, from Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.ke.ro/
• Rhymes: -ukkero
• Hyphenation: bùc‧che‧ro

Noun

bucchero m (plural buccheri)

1. a type of odorous clay

   Synonym: barro

2. (by extension) a vase or other object made from this clay

   Synonym: barro

3. a piece of bucchero pottery

Derived terms

• buccheretto
• buccheroide

Related terms

• poculo

Further reading

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