Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reticello

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ret-i-cel-lo
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of reticella (“old lace-like fabric”).

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian reticello, a masculine diminutive of rete (“net”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: reticello

Usage

Inflected Forms

reticelli (plural)

Questions

What does reticello mean?: A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern.
Where does reticello come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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