beccaio

== Italian == === Alternative forms === beccaro (obsolete or regional) === Etymology === From becco (“male goat, billy”) +‎ -aio (“-er”). Cognate with English butcher, French boucher, Lombard becchee, Piedmontese bëcché, Venetan becaro, and Sicilian vucceri, among others. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bekˈka.jo/ Rhymes: -ajo Hyphenation: bec‧cà‧io === Noun === beccaio m (plural beccai, feminine beccaia) (obsolete) one who sells goat meat (by extension, obsolete or regional) butcher Synonym: macellaio ==== Derived terms ==== beccheria === Further reading === beccaio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana