zucchetto

American  

[zoo-ket-oh, tsook-ket-taw] / zuˈkɛt oʊ, tsukˈkɛt tɔ /

noun

plural

zucchettos,

plural

zucchetti

1. a small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte.

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zucchetto British  

/ zuː-, suː-, tsuːˈkɛtəʊ /

noun

1. RC Church a small round skullcap worn by certain ecclesiastics and varying in colour according to the rank of the wearer, the Pope wearing white, cardinals red, bishops violet, and others black

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Etymology

Origin of zucchetto

1850–55; < Italian, variant of zucchetta, diminutive of zucca gourd, head, perhaps < pre-Indo-European *tjukka gourd

Example Sentences

Fiennes’ dome may be closely shorn, but his Cardinal packs plenty of blackmail material underneath his zucchetto.

From Salon

The boy several times pointed to the pope's white skull cap, known as a zucchetto.

From Reuters

He was wearing a pink zucchetto skullcap and an amaranth sash tied around his black cassock.

From The New Yorker

A young girl has been filmed stealing Pope Francis’s skullcap, known as a zucchetto, as he bent down to give her a kiss on the cheek.

From The Guardian