dolcetto

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian, a diminutive of dolce (“sweet”). Doublet of dulcet and doucet. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɒlˈtʃɛtəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /doʊlˈt͡ʃɛtoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ === Noun === dolcetto (countable and uncountable, plural dolcettos or dolcetti) A grape variety from Piedmont, used to make a red wine. The dry, slightly bitter wine made from this grape. == Italian == === Etymology === From dolce (“sweet”) +‎ -etto (“diminutive suffix”). Cognate to French doucet, Piedmontese dosset. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dolˈt͡ʃet.to/ Rhymes: -etto Hyphenation: dol‧cét‧to === Noun === dolcetto m (plural dolcetti) diminutive of dolce: cookie, petit four, treat, sweet (also uncountable) dolcetto (grape and wine from Piedmont) ==== Derived terms ==== dolcetto o scherzetto? (“trick or treat”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: dolcetto