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Definition: BERRETTA |
BERRETTANoun1. A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. |
Date "BERRETTA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Etymology: Berretta \Ber*ret"ta\, noun. [Italian expression, from Late Latin expression birrettum, berretum, cap, diminutive of Latin birrus, birrum, cloak to keep off rain, compare to Greek tawny, red: compare to Spanish birreta, Portuguese barrete, and English Barret.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: BERRETTA |
| English words defined with "BERRETTA": Beretta ♦ Zuchetto. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BERRETTA": Barret, Birrus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BERRETTA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (cap). |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BERRETTA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Berretta | Last name | 100 | 74,998 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
berretta | 132 |
berretta firearm | 27 |
berretta gun | 20 |
chevy berretta | 18 |
berretta shotgun | 14 |
berretta hand gun | 13 |
berretta 9mm | 9 |
berretta pistol | 9 |
berretta usa | 9 |
chevrolet berretta | 7 |
berretta arms | 3 |
berretta gun shot | 3 |
berretta 92f | 2 |
berretta cx4 | 2 |
berretta knife | 2 |
berretta neos | 2 |
berretta 92fs | 2 |
argentina berretta | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BERRETTA": berrettas. (additional references) | |
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"BERRETTA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baretta, Barletta, barretta, Barretti, bereta, berrett, Berretz, Berutti, Bokreta, Boretti, brettan, bureta, Burretti, Meretta, Uberbrettl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "BERRETTA" (pronounced 'Ber*ret"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata, Dejecta. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: barrette. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: abetter, beretta, rebater, retreat, treater. | |
-2 letters: barret, barter, batter, bearer, beater, berate, better, ratter, rebate, retear, tarter, tearer, terrae, terret. | |
-3 letters: arete, barer, barre, beret, betta, eater, rater, rebar, taber, tarre, tater, terra, tetra, treat. | |
-4 letters: abet, bare, bate, batt, bear, beat, beer, beet, beta, brae, brat, bree, rare, rate, rear, rete, tare, tart. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: barrettes, berrettas. | |
+2 letters: vertebrate. | |
+3 letters: carburetted, carburetter, erythorbate, reattribute, regrettable, regrettably, restartable, retractable, teeterboard, vertebrates. | |
+4 letters: breaststroke, carburetters, erythorbates, invertebrate, presbyterate, reattributed, reattributes, teeterboards. | |
+5 letters: breaststroker, breaststrokes, deterrability, interpretable, invertebrates, presbyterates, rattlebrained, subliterature. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 52 52 45 54 54 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .-. .-. . - - .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01010010 01010010 01000101 01010100 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E R R E T T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0052 0052 0045 0054 0054 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3639525239545435 |
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