Disputed. First attested in 1532 in Lombardy asMedieval Latinbazeghae. Most likely frombazza(“trick; card(s) taken from another player”), though this has been challenged on the grounds of the voiced-zz-.
bazzica f (pluralbazziche)
- card game for two players similar tobriscola
- bazzica semplice, played with 32 cards
- bazzica doppia, played with 64 cards
- in the game of bazzica, three or four equal cards
- a variant offive-pin billiards, in which players must obtain while not exceeding 31 points
- Synonym:trentuno reale
- farbazzica ―to win a game ofbazzica; to reach 31 points (literally, “to dobazzica”)
Deverbal frombazzicare +-a.
bazzica f (pluralbazziche)
- (archaic)meeting of people
- Synonyms:incontro,ritrovo
- (derogatory)friend,confidant
- Synonyms:compare,confidente,compagno
- (central-southern Italy)friendship, state of beingon good terms
- Synonyms:amicizia,relazione
Comparebazzecola.
- IPA(key): /batˈt͡si.ka/
- Rhymes:-ika
- Hyphenation:baz‧zì‧ca
bazzica f (pluralbazziche)
- (archaic, rare)trifle(small unimportant thing)
- Synonyms:bagattella,cianfrusaglia,cosada poco
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bazzica
- inflection ofbazzicare:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
