tazza

American  

[taht-suh, taht-tsah] / ˈtɑt sə, ˈtɑt tsɑ /

noun

tazzas, plural tazze plural

1. a shallow, saucerlike, ornamental bowl, often having handles and usually on a high base or pedestal.

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tazza British  

/ ˈtætsə /

noun

1. a wine cup with a shallow bowl and a circular foot

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tazze
  plural
• tazzas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tazza

1835–45; < Italian < Arabic ṭassah basin. See tass

Example Sentences

It was extraordinary that they should be sharing this "tazza" thus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah, godiam, la tazza e il cantico, as the spirited Alfredo sings in La Traviata.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon a table near him are a silver tazza, and other objects relative to his occupation.

From Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. by Burnet, John

The works by his hand are remarkable for their ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

And so also the shaft which he made over the tazza, he executed with much grace, with some very beautiful children and masks to spout water.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma by Vasari, Giorgio