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From Latin bulla (“seal”) + -etta (diminutive suffix), from the resemblance.[1]
bulletta f (plural bullette)
- tack, nail
- hobnail
bulletta
- inflection of bullettare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- ^ bulletta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.