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biretta

Italian translation: mortarboard hat or doctoral hat / beretto dottorale

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English term or phrase:biretta
Italian translation:mortarboard hat or doctoral hat / beretto dottorale
Entered by: Ellen Kraus

07:15 Jun 18, 2017
English to Italian translations [PRO]
History / rinascimento italiano, medici, Girolamo Cardano
English term or phrase: biretta
Qualcuno conosce la denominazione del copricapo che usavano i medici all'epoca? (e dell'anello che rappresentava la loro professione?)

Here is Jerome's problem, in a nutshell: his Pavia license is not enough, for in order to practise as a physician in his home city of Milan, the Milanese College of Physicians must also grant Jerome a license. So on arrival he goes, the biretta of a physician on his head and the ring of his profession on his finger, to present himself to the College.
budu
Local time: 06:15
mortarboard hat or doctoral hat
Explanation:
whynameitthat.blogspot.com/2016/06/mortarboard.html
10.06.2016 - I wrote earlier about why the graduation ceremony is called a commencement, ... about why that graduation cap is called (in the U.S. nyway) a mortarboard. ... from the biretta, a similar-looking hat worn by Roman Catholic clergy. ... [7]:22–23 The Italian biretta is a word derived from berretto, which is derived ...

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Note added at 2 Stunden (2017-06-18 09:40:45 GMT)
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but since you are looking for an Italian word, i.e, the word preceding biretta, you may indicate the term BERRETTO as the term wanted.
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
berretta dottorale perfetto, grazie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1mortarboard hat or doctoral hat
Ellen Kraus
Summary of reference entries provided
Shabelula

Discussion entries: 5





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mortarboard hat or doctoral hat


Explanation:
whynameitthat.blogspot.com/2016/06/mortarboard.html
10.06.2016 - I wrote earlier about why the graduation ceremony is called a commencement, ... about why that graduation cap is called (in the U.S. nyway) a mortarboard. ... from the biretta, a similar-looking hat worn by Roman Catholic clergy. ... [7]:22–23 The Italian biretta is a word derived from berretto, which is derived ...

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Note added at 2 Stunden (2017-06-18 09:40:45 GMT)
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but since you are looking for an Italian word, i.e, the word preceding biretta, you may indicate the term BERRETTO as the term wanted.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
berretta dottorale perfetto, grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariagrazia Centanni: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02577a.htm
14 hrs
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Reference comments


13 mins peer agreement (net): +3
Reference

Reference information:
mi pare che biretta possa stare per berretta, ossia berretto..... parola generica


    https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berretta
Shabelula
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  zerlina
59 mins
agree  Fabrizio Zambuto: ma infatti, c'è la traduzione ufficiale di Wikipedia....:)
9 hrs
agree  Mariagrazia Centanni: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biretta
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