"piccata" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɪˈkɑːtə/
Etymology: From Italian piccata (“larded”), past participle of piccare (“to prick; to lard”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|piccata||larded}} Italian piccata (“larded”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} piccata (not comparable)
  1. (cooking) Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-piccata-en-adj-tEPPLQQe Categories (other): Cooking, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Foods Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 55 27 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 33 6 6 Disambiguation of Foods: 65 35 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɪˈkɑːtə/ Forms: piccatas [plural]
Etymology: From Italian piccata (“larded”), past participle of piccare (“to prick; to lard”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|piccata||larded}} Italian piccata (“larded”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} piccata (plural piccatas)
  1. A dish of food sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce; or an individual slice of such a dish.
    Sense id: en-piccata-en-noun-h7AfErt-

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /pikˈka.ta/ Forms: piccate [plural]
Rhymes: -ata Etymology: From piccare (“to prick”) + -ata. Etymology templates: {{af|it|piccare|-ata|t1=to prick}} piccare (“to prick”) + -ata Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} piccata f (plural piccate)
  1. prick (act of pricking) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-piccata-it-noun-Fr2yFs87 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -ata Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -ata: 47 53
  2. a dish of escalope of veal fried in butter with parsley and lemon Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-piccata-it-noun-TCR8DLh4 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -ata Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -ata: 47 53

Inflected forms

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