vaporetto
[ vap-uh-ret-oh; Italian vah-paw-ret-taw ]
/ ˌvæp əˈrɛt oʊ; Italian ˌvɑ pɔˈrɛt tɔ /
noun, plural va·po·ret·tos, Italian va·po·ret·ti [vah-paw-ret-tee] /ˌvɑ pɔˈrɛt ti/.
a motorboat used as a passenger bus along a canal in Venice, Italy.
Origin of vaporetto
Words nearby vaporetto
vapor lock,
vapor pressure,
vapor tension,
vapor trail,
vaporescence,
vaporetto,
vaporific,
vaporimeter,
vaporing,
vaporish,
vaporization
Example sentences from the Web for vaporetto
He steered her to the little tram, and at the landing found her a shady place on the vaporetto.
Ragna |Anna Miller Costantini
British Dictionary definitions for vaporetto
vaporetto
/ (ˌveɪpəˈrɛtəʊ, Italian vapoˈrɛtto) /
noun plural -ti (-tɪ, Italian -ti) or -tos
a steam-powered passenger boat, as used on the canals in Venice
Word Origin for vaporetto
Italian, from
vapore a steamboat