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mozzetta

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈzɛtə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /mɔːtˈt͡sɛtə/ following the Italian pronunciation
  • General-American: /moʊˈzɛtə/
  • General-American: [-ɾə]
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  • rhymes with -ɛtə
  • Received-Pronunciation: /mə(ʊ)ˈzɛteɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /mɔːtˈt͡sɛteɪ/ following the Italian pronunciation
  • General-American: /moʊˈzɛteɪ/
  • General-American: [-ɾeɪ]
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noun

Meaning 1

A short cape covering the shoulders and buttoned in front, with a hood, which is worn by the pope, cardinals, bishops, and other senior clergy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from a merger of French mozzete (obsolete) (modern French mosette, mossette), and from its etymon Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). The plural form mozzette is borrowed from Italian mozzette. Doublet of mosette.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: muceta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Catalan: musseta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肩衣 (jiānyī) — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Czech: mozetta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Dutch: mozetta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • French: mosette — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • German: Mozetta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Indonesian: mozeta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Italian: mozzetta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Japanese: モッツェッタ (mottsetta) — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Korean: 모제타 (mojeta) — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Polish: mucet — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Portuguese: mozeta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Portuguese: murça — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Russian: моцце́тта (moccétta) — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Slovene: moceta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Spanish: muceta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Swedish: mozzetta — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy
  • Ukrainian: моце́тта (mocétta) — short cape with a hood worn by senior clergy