PETTO

Date "PETTO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

Etymology: Petto \Pet"to\, noun. [Italian expression, from the Latin expression pectus.]. (Websters 1913)

"PETTO" is a common misspelling or typo for: pet, petrol, petted, petty, piton, potato, putt.

Specialty Definitions: PETTO

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Petto It petto. In secrecy, in reserve (Italian, in the breast). The pope creates cardinals in petto - i.e. in his own mind- and keeps the appointment to himself till he thinks proper to announce it. "Belgium, a department of France in petto - i.e. in the intention of the people." - The Herald, 1837. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: PETTO

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Concealment	Adjective: concealed; Verb: hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical; private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate; tortuous.
Idea	Adjective: thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto.
Intellect	Adverb: in petto.
Intention	Adjective: intended; Verb: intentional, advised, express, determinate; prepense; bound for; intending; Verb: minded; bent upon; (earnest); at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: PETTO

Usage Frequency: PETTO

"PETTO" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PETTO" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expressions: PETTO

Frequency of Internet Keywords: PETTO

Modern Translations: PETTO

Language		Translations for "PETTO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		тайком (in hugger-mugger, in petto, on the sly, quiet, stealth, under the rose). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		u svojoj duši (petto: in petto). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "PETTO"

Words rhyming with "PETTO" (pronounced 'Pet"to'): Agitato, Allegretto, Anito, Araguato, Arnatto, Assiento, Avigato, Ayuntamiento, Bassetto, Basto, Braziletto, Busto, Canoncito, Canto, Carapato, Castrato, Cavetto, Cento, Cinquecento, Concerto, Concetto, Contrafagetto, Cornuto, Corvetto, Couranto, Devoto, Ferretto, Flauto, Fugato, Giusto, graffito, grotto, gusto, impasto, inamorato, junto, larghetto, legato, lento, libretto, lotto, manifesto, Manto, Marcato, memento, Misurato, moderato, molto, mosquito, Moto. (additional references)

Anagrams: PETTO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-o-p-t-t"
	-1 letter: poet, tope, tote.
	-2 letters: ope, opt, pet, pot, tet, toe, top, tot.
	-3 letters: et, oe, op, pe, to.
	Words containing the letters "e-o-p-t-t"
	+1 letter: potent, potted, potter, pottle, teapot, tiptoe.
	+2 letters: jetport, outkept, outwept, paletot, plotted, plotter, portent, pottage, potteen, potters, pottery, pottier, potties, pottles, proette, protect, protest, spotted, spotter, teapots, tiptoed, tiptoes, treetop.
	+3 letters: apostate, autotype, contempt, entrepot, footstep, gatepost, impotent, jetports, nepotist, octuplet, operetta, optative, outleapt, outslept, outspelt, outspent, paletots, palmetto, patentor, patootie, petition, pettifog, photoset, plottage, plotters, plottier, plotties, politest, portents, postdate, postheat, postteen, posttest, potatoes, potently, potstone, pottages, potteens, pottered, potterer, pottiest, poutiest, proettes, prostate, protects, protests, repotted, spotters, spottier, tabletop, teleport, tetrapod, thiotepa, tippytoe, toeplate, topotype, topstone, treetops, unpotted.
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