vaporetto

noun

va·​po·​ret·​to ˌvä-pə-ˈre-(ˌ)tō 

plural vaporetti ˌvä-pə-ˈre-tē  also vaporettos

: a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice, Italy

Examples of vaporetto in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hotel provides a shuttle service running every 30 minutes plus there’s a vaporetto stop a short stroll away. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026

The entire selection will be showcased from August 27 to September 6 on the Venice Immersive Island, situated on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio, just a three-minute vaporetto ride from festival’s main Lido di Venezia hub. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 July 2025

If possible it should be maintained in an environment with the lagoon, marshland, gondolas and vaporettos. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 May 2025

Prices are hiked up for tourists, the museums jammed, the vaporettos and gondolas vie for space on the canals. — John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, diminutive of vapore "steamboat," short for battello a vapore, borrowed from French bateau à vapeur "steamboat"

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for vaporetto

• allegretto
• lazaretto
• ghetto
• seto
• hereto
• libretto
• magneto
• palmetto
• stiletto
• whereto