Definitions for birretta

birretta bir·ret·ta

Spelling: [buh-ret-uh]
IPA: /bəˈrɛt ə/

Birretta is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in birretta (abeirrtt).

Definitions for birretta

noun

  1. biretta.
  2. a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.

Origin of birretta

1590-1600; Italian berretta, feminine variant of berretto Old Provençal berret Medieval Latin birrettum cap, equivalent to Late Latin birr(us) birrus + -ettum