vaporetto

[ vap-uh-ret-oh; Italian vah-paw-ret-taw ]

noun

, plural va·po·ret·tos, Italian va·po·ret·ti [vah-paw-, ret, -tee].

1. a motorboat used as a passenger bus along a canal in Venice, Italy.

vaporetto

/ vapoˈrɛtto; ˌveɪpəˈrɛtəʊ /

noun

1. a steam-powered passenger boat, as used on the canals in Venice

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaporetto¹

1945–50; < Italian, equivalent to vapor ( e ) steamboat + -etto -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaporetto¹

Italian, from vapore a steamboat

Example Sentences

There are more than a few sections that feel oversaturated, to pick a fitting metaphor for Venice, where climate change laps at every canal-side palazzo and vaporetto stop.

From New York Times

A working-class town traditionally relying on fishing and agriculture, famous both for its radicchio and beets, it has long provided workers for wealthier Venice, where, even today, many of the vaporetto conductors and hotel staff commute from Chioggia.

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They shared space comfortably with public Vaporetto buses, water taxis, an array of motorboats and rocking gondolas.

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In mind’s eye, it was easy to envision them tucking skateboards beneath their arms for the vaporetto trip to the mainland and, eventually, to that other Venice — you know, the one in Mr. Slimane’s transplanted home, Southern California.

From New York Times

Footage of the altercation shows the alleged rule-breaker first being pushed out of the boat — known locally as the vaporetto — by a man in a blue shirt.

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