vaporetto

[ vap-uh-ret-oh; Italian vah-paw-ret-taw ]

noun,plural va·po·ret·tos, Italian va·po·ret·ti [vah-paw-ret-tee]. /ˌvɑ pɔˈrɛt ti/.
  1. a motorboat used as a passenger bus along a canal in Venice, Italy.

Origin of vaporetto

1
1945–50; <Italian, equivalent to vapor(e) steamboat + -etto-et

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British Dictionary definitions for vaporetto

vaporetto

/ (ˌveɪpəˈrɛtəʊ, Italian vapoˈrɛtto) /


nounplural -ti (-tɪ, Italian -ti) or -tos
  1. a steam-powered passenger boat, as used on the canals in Venice

Origin of vaporetto

1
Italian, from vapore a steamboat

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