batocio

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Venetan batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask. Doublet of batacchio, batocchio, and battaglio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈtɔ.t͡ʃo/ Rhymes: -ɔtʃo Hyphenation: ba‧tò‧cio === Noun === batocio m (plural batoci) (theater) the stick of a zanni in the commedia dell'arte, most notably of Harlequin and Brighella; behind the scenes it works as a slapstick == Venetan == === Alternative forms === batòcio, batochio, batòchio (alternative spellings) batoc (Northern) batòc (alternative spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *battuaculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈtɔt͡ʃo/ === Noun === batocio m (plural batoci) (Lagunar, Central, Eastern, high Vicentine, Colonial) bell clapper ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Friulian: batocj → Italian: batocio === References === “batòcio”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com Basso, Walter (2005), “batòcio”, in Dizionario da scarsèla veneto–italiano, 2nd edition, Padua: Ed. ScantaBauchi, page 34 Nazari, Giulio (1876), “batocio”, in Dizionario vicentino–italiano […], Oderzo: Bianchi, page 53a Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “batòchio”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 70c Patriarchi, Gasparo (1821), “batochio”, in Vocabolario veneziano e padovano […], 3rd edition, Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, page 19a