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zucchetto

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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  • UK: /tsʊˈkɛtəʊ/
  • US: /(t)sʊˈkɛtoʊ/
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  • rhymes with -ɛtəʊ

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noun

Meaning 1

A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calotte

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchetto, ultimately a diminutive of zucca (“gourd, squash”), due to the shape. Compare zucchini.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: піу́ска (piúska) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Catalan: solideu — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小瓜帽 (xiǎoguāmào) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Dutch: solideo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Dutch: pileolus — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Dutch: zucchetto — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Dutch: solideetje — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Dutch: kalot — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Esperanto: vertoĉapo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Esperanto: papoĉapo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Esperanto: pileolo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Esperanto: solideo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Finnish: zucchetto — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • French: calotte — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • French: submitrale — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Pileolus — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Zucchetto — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Soli Deo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Subbirettum — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Submitrale — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Scheitelkäppchen — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • German: Kalotte — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Greek: καλότα (kalóta) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Hungarian: soli deo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Hungarian: pileólus — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Italian: zucchetto — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Japanese: カロッタ (karotta) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Korean: 주케토 (juketo) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Latin: pileolus — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Latvian: piuska — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Latvian: pileolusu — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Polish: piuska — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Portuguese: solidéu — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Russian: пиле́олус (piléolus) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Slovene: škofovska čepica — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Spanish: solideo — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy
  • Ukrainian: піле́олус (piléolus) — small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy