scatola

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Italian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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scatola f (plural scatole)

  1. box
    una scatola di cioccolatinia chocolate box
  2. tin, can

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

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