bocce

bocce

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian bocce.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) enPR: bŏchʹ-i, IPA(key): /ˈbɑt͡ʃi/
    • Audio (General American):(file)

    Noun

    bocce (countable and uncountable, plural bocces)

    1. (sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
    2. (sports, countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
      • 2012, Victoria Rowell, Paul Tukey, Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games, →ISBN:
        The object is throw or roll the bocces as close as possible to the pallino.
      • 2013 February 6, Brian Messenger, “Bocce balls are rolling”, in Eagle-Tribune:
        The side with their bocces closest to the pallino earns points.
      • 2013 April 30, Paul Haigh, “Bocce star to represent Australia”, in Liverpool City Champion:
        When he first started we had to buy a smaller set of bocces because his hands were small.

    Translations

    See also

    Italian

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃe/
    • Rhymes: -ɔttʃe
    • Hyphenation: bòc‧ce

    Noun

    bocce f pl

    1. plural of boccia
    2. bowls (game)

    Anagrams

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian bocce.

    Noun

    bocce n (uncountable)

    1. bocce

    Declension

    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative bocce bocceul
    genitive-dative bocce bocceului
    vocative bocceule

    References

    • bocce in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN