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boc·cie
/
ˈbɒtʃ
i
/
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[
boch
-ee
]
Show IPA
noun
an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.
Also,
boc·ci
/
ˈbɒtʃ
i
;
Italian
ˈbɔt
tʃi
/
Show Spelled
[
boch
-ee
;
Italian
bawt
-chee
]
Show IPA
,
boc·ce
/
ˈbɒtʃ
i
;
Italian
ˈbɔt
tʃɛ
/
Show Spelled
[
boch
-ee
;
Italian
bawt
-che
]
Show IPA
,
boc·cia
/
ˈbɒtʃ
ə
;
Italian
ˈbɔt
tʃɑ
/
Show Spelled
[
boch
-
uh
;
Italian
bawt
-chah
]
Show IPA
.
Origin:
1900–05;
<
Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball <
Vulgar Latin
*bottia
round body
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boccie
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
(ˈbɒtʃiː, ˈbɒtʃə)
—
n
an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
bocci
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
bocce
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
boccia
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
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boccie
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
(ˈbɒtʃiː, ˈbɒtʃə)
—
n
an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
bocci
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
bocce
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
boccia
,
bocci
,
bocce
or
boccia
—
n
[from Italian
bocce
bowls, plural of
boccia
ball; see
boss
²]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
bocce
from It. bocce "(wooden) balls," pl. of boccia, which is related to Fr. bosse "bump, hump," perhaps from a Gmc. source.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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