A2✈️ Travel
Italian word
biglietteria
ticket office
Looks like
billiard-eria? billet?
no close English cognate
⚠️ The trap
Comes from 'biglietto' (ticket). English 'billet' (a soldier's lodging) is etymologically related but totally different in modern usage. Learners sometimes miss the '-eria' suffix meaning a place/shop.
To say "no close English cognate" in Italian:
biglietteria
"biglietteria" in English means:
ticket office
Example
"La biglietteria chiude alle venti."
"The ticket office closes at eight in the evening."
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