calotte
UK/kəˈlɒt/US/kəˈlɑt/
calotte noun: a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
Noun
calotte (plural calottes)
- A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
- Synonyms:
- zucchetto
- The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
- A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
- The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.
Synonyms of calotte
Forms of calotte
| plural | calottes |
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Origin of calotte
Borrowed from French calotte.
Words formed from calotte
Phrases with calotte
Words that rhyme with calotte
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- blot
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- Nouakchott
- overshot
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
- chott
Questions about calotte
- What does calotte mean?
- Calotte means a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
- What part of speech is calotte?
- Calotte is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calotte?
- Calotte is pronounced /kəˈlɑt/ (US).
- What is the plural of calotte?
- The plural of calotte is calottes.
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