Jacuzzi

See also: jacuzzi

English

Etymology

A trademark. Named after the Jacuzzi brothers. Obsolete variant of Italian Iacuzzi, as Italian has removed the letter J from native words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈku.zi/

Noun

Jacuzzi (plural Jacuzzis)

1. Alternative letter-case form of jacuzzi [from 1960s]
   • 1999 April 19, Victoria Coren, “I don't love you. PS: you owe me £2.50”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 May 2014:

     Itemised in his claim we even find £200 for ‘Jacuzzi repair’. I think that's a bit more information about their relationship than we required.

Proper noun

Jacuzzi

1. A surname from Italian.

Verb

Jacuzzi (third-person singular simple present Jacuzzis, present participle Jacuzziing, simple past and past participle Jacuzzied)

1. Alternative letter-case form of jacuzzi.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jacuzzi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239.
• Forebears

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English jacuzzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈkʊt͡si/, /d͡ʒaˈkuːzi/

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Noun

Jacuzzi m (strong, genitive Jacuzzis or Jacuzzi, plural Jacuzzis or Jacuzzi)

1. (uncommon) jacuzzi

   Synonyms: (usual) Whirlpool, (also rare) Sprudelbad

   • 2015 May 28, Susann Sitzler, “Heiß und innig”, in Die Zeit‎^[2]:

     In der Badezone nebenan planschen Frauen in Jacuzzis und einem Schwimmbecken, aber dafür ist jetzt noch nicht die Zeit.

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   • 2020 February 15, Katrin Groth, “Auf der „Roald Amundsen“ in der Antarktis: Grüner als andere”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[3], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN:

     Für noch mehr Nachhaltigkeit wird an Bord die Motorabwärme genutzt, um Duschen, Kabinen und die beiden Jacuzzi zu heizen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Jacuzzi [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Jacuzzi	die	Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi
genitive	eines	des	Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi	der	Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi
dative	einem	dem	Jacuzzi	den	Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi
accusative	einen	den	Jacuzzi	die	Jacuzzis, Jacuzzi

Further reading

• “Jacuzzi” in Duden online
• “Jacuzzi”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)

Italian

Etymology

Originally Iacuzzi, the surname was misspelled with an initial J by an Ellis Island official. Related to Giacomo, along with many other spelling variants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈkut.t͡si/
• Rhymes: -uttsi
• Hyphenation: Ja‧cùz‧zi

Proper noun

Jacuzzi m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Dodd, Philip (2008): What's in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People