"polenta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈlɛntə/ Forms: polentas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian polenta. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|polenta}} Italian polenta Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)
  1. Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled. Wikipedia link: polenta Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Translations (starchy accompaniment to a meal): полента (polenta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), polenta (Finnish), Polenta [feminine] (German), puliszka (Hungarian), Polent [feminine] (Hunsrik), polenta [feminine] (Italian), polenta [feminine] (Latin), polenta [feminine] (Polish), mămăligă [feminine] (Romanian), поле́нта (polénta) [feminine] (Russian), polenta [feminine] (Spanish), polenta (Turkish), מאַמעליגע (mamelige) (Yiddish)

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