Noun: mozzetta
| Singular | mozzetta |
| Plural | mozzettas; mozzette |
Sample Sentences
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Benedict [XVI], the first pope to resign voluntarily in six centuries, will dress in a simple white cassock, forgoing the mozzetta, the elbow-length cape worn by some Catholic clergymen, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, told reporters at a news briefing. [2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to be known as emeritus in retirement”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2024:]
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On that night of his election he [Pope Francis] stepped out on to the balcony overlooking Saint Peter's Square in simple white robes, refusing the fancy red mozzetta or cape that Benedict [XVI] had sported when he had been announced as pope. When told to put on white trousers, he later remembered in his autobiography, he replied: "I don't want to be an ice-cream seller." [2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary: Leader of the Catholic church who pushed for social and economic justice, and an urgent response to the climate crisis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2025:]
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The most notable figure in the room is Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is the Pope [Francis]'s "camerlengo" or chamberlain and runs the Vatican until a new Pope is chosen. The cardinal – in red mozzetta and cassock – is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration of death. [2025 April 22, “In Pictures: Symbolism on Show as Pope Francis Lies in Open Coffin”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2025:]
Nouns inflected like mozzetta
samosa,
pergola,
influenza,
mozzarella,
pastina,
autostrada,
bravura,
buccina,
zingara,
sinopia,
pizzetta,
pizzeria,
signorina,
gondola,
kamenitza,
dupatta,
acciaccatura,
zadruga,
predella,
semicroma, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from a merger of French mozzete (obsolete) (modern French mosette, mossette), and from its etymon Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either:
2. * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or
3. * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown)
4. + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)).
5. The plural form mozzette is borrowed from Italian mozzette. Doublet of mosette. See: French Nouns '
mozzete', French Nouns '
mosette', Italian Nouns '
mozzo', Latin Nouns '
mutilus', Italian Nouns '
-etta', Italian Nouns '
mozzette'.