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Jan 27, 2005 00:25
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Italian term
Italy
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Works in: Italian to English, English, Irish to English
casacca
Italian to English
Other
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
"...ampia casacca in lino annodato di lato..." this is taken from a list of photo captions for which I have no photos.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | blouse |
paolamonaco
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| 5 +1 | tunic |
Liliana Roman-Hamilton
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| 4 | coat |
Silvina Jover-Cirillo (X)
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| 4 | cassock |
Joseph Hovan
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| 3 | jacket/blazer |
PB Trans
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Proposed translations
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13 mins
paolamonaco
Italy
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blouse
oxford dictionary:
blouse // n. & v.
1 a a woman's loose, usu. lightweight, upper garment, usu. buttoned and collared. b the upper part of a soldier's or airman's battledress.
2 a workman's or peasant's loose linen or cotton garment, usu. belted at the waist.
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http://www.3rdchannel.com/catalogs/clothing_imports/60_chine...
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Dizionario De Mauro Paravia
Casacca:
ca|sàc|ca
s.f.
1 CO giacca ampia e lunga chiusa fino al collo | ampia giacca da donna
3 TS stor., antica veste militare da indossare sotto l’armatura
blouse // n. & v.
1 a a woman's loose, usu. lightweight, upper garment, usu. buttoned and collared. b the upper part of a soldier's or airman's battledress.
2 a workman's or peasant's loose linen or cotton garment, usu. belted at the waist.
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http://www.3rdchannel.com/catalogs/clothing_imports/60_chine...
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Dizionario De Mauro Paravia
Casacca:
ca|sàc|ca
s.f.
1 CO giacca ampia e lunga chiusa fino al collo | ampia giacca da donna
3 TS stor., antica veste militare da indossare sotto l’armatura
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19 mins
coat
Larousse
Italian - English dictionary. 2003 Edition.
Italian - English dictionary. 2003 Edition.
11 mins
Joseph Hovan
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cassock
cas·sock [kássək]
(plural cas·socks)
noun
priest’s robe: a full-length, usually black, robe worn by priests, their assistants, and singers in church choirs
[Mid-16th century. Via French casaque “long coat” from Italian casacca “riding coat,” perhaps from, ultimately, Turkic kazak “vagabond, adventurer” (source of English Cossack).]
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. You can see a picture at the link below. Looks like the Russian "Kasak" style. Good luck!
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P.S. I think think it should be this: \"cossack\" [Cos·sack || \'kɒsæk]
n. member of any of a number of Slavic peoples of southern Russia known for their horsemanship (mainly in czarist Russia).
If you look at the picture, anyway.
(plural cas·socks)
noun
priest’s robe: a full-length, usually black, robe worn by priests, their assistants, and singers in church choirs
[Mid-16th century. Via French casaque “long coat” from Italian casacca “riding coat,” perhaps from, ultimately, Turkic kazak “vagabond, adventurer” (source of English Cossack).]
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. You can see a picture at the link below. Looks like the Russian "Kasak" style. Good luck!
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P.S. I think think it should be this: \"cossack\" [Cos·sack || \'kɒsæk]
n. member of any of a number of Slavic peoples of southern Russia known for their horsemanship (mainly in czarist Russia).
If you look at the picture, anyway.
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52 mins
tunic
There is also the word TUNIC.
See some pictures here
http://www.spiegel.com/Search/Controller.asp?N=0&Ntk=alltext...
http://www.shopping-versandkostenfrei.de/long_sleeve_tunic/4...
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Also LINEN TUNIC
See pix here:
http://www.cottontraders.co.uk/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=1...
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My Merriam-Webster dictionary has this kind of definition for \"tunic\"
Etymology: Latin tunica, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew kuttOneth coat
a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome
a short overskirt
a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket
See some pictures here
http://www.spiegel.com/Search/Controller.asp?N=0&Ntk=alltext...
http://www.shopping-versandkostenfrei.de/long_sleeve_tunic/4...
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Also LINEN TUNIC
See pix here:
http://www.cottontraders.co.uk/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=1...
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My Merriam-Webster dictionary has this kind of definition for \"tunic\"
Etymology: Latin tunica, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew kuttOneth coat
a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome
a short overskirt
a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket
2 hrs
jacket/blazer
This site uses the term in Italian but explains that it is like a Safari jacket or informal blazer.
Here is another site that refers to it as a long jacket
Giuliana Cella
... suits made of hand woven linen composed of "casacca" jacket and "grissino" pants, where light "works of corrosion ...
www.giulianacella.com/whatsnew.html
Here is another site that refers to it as a long jacket
Giuliana Cella
... suits made of hand woven linen composed of "casacca" jacket and "grissino" pants, where light "works of corrosion ...
www.giulianacella.com/whatsnew.html
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