finale

From Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”), whence fine. By surface analysis, fine (“end; limit; goal”) + -ale.

surf

(wine) finish (sensations a wine leaves on the palate after degustation)


carne

it-noun

carne f (plural carni, pejorative carnàccia)

From Latin carnem (“flesh”, “meat”), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).


salsa

desctree

→ Greek: σάλτσα (sáltsa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: صالچه (salça)
Turkish: salça

→ Ottoman Turkish: صالسه (salsa)

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.


al

all' (feminine)
alla (feminine)
all' (alternative)
allo (alternative)

risotto al pecorino

risotto allo zafferano

pasta all'aglio

(cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)


burro

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.


pizza

1590, as Neapolitan pizza (Velardiniello, La storia de cient'anne arreto). Likely related to Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”) (12th century);
the origin of the Greek word is itself uncertain. Also possibly from Lombardic bizzo.

der

Coordinate term: focaccia


torta

→ English: torta

desctree

→ German: Torte, Tarte (obsolete, but borrowed anew from Modern French), Turte (obsolete)
→ Czech: dort
→ English: torte
→ Estonian: tort
→ Hungarian: torta
→ Japanese: トルテ (torute)
→ Macedonian: торта (torta)
→ Polish: tort
→ Romanian: tort
→ Russian: торт (tort), тортъ (tort) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Armenian: տորթ (tortʻ)
→ Kazakh: торт (tort)
→ Yakut: торт (tort)
→ Serbo-Croatian: torta / торта
→ Ukrainian: торт (tort)

→ Turkish: turta

From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which yielded tòrta in Italian.

(heraldry) roundel (of a tincture; see bisante)


torta

Back-formation from torto, past participle of torcere (“to twist”).


pollo

From Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).


pesce

it-noun

pesce m (plural pesci, diminutive pescétto or (more common) pesciolìno or (uncommon) pesciatèllo, augmentative (slightly augmentative) pesciòtto; pescióne, pejorative pesciàccio, derogatory (uncommon) pesciùccio, diminutive-derogatory (literary) pesciàtto or pesciàttolo)

pesci (plural)
pescétto (diminutive)
pesciolìno (common diminutive)
pesciatèllo (diminutive uncommon)
pesciòtto (augmentative)
pescióne (augmentative)
pesciàccio (pejorative)
pesciùccio (derogatory uncommon)

Inherited from Latin piscem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


cioccolata

→ Czech: čokoláda

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: چوقولاته (çokolata), چیقولاته (çikolata), չօգօլաթա (çokolata), չիգօլաթա (çikolata) — Armeno-Turkish
→ Albanian: çokollátë
Turkish: çikolata

→ Polish: czekolada

→ Romanian: ciocolată

→ Russian: чикола́д (čikolád)

→ Slovak: čokoláda

→ Slovene: čokolada


croissant

it-noun

croissant m (usually invariable, plural croissants)

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant, present participle of verb croître (“to grow”). Doublet of crescente.


mozzarella

Diminutive of mozza (“a type of cheese”), related to the verb mozzare. Originally of southern Italian origin; cf. Neapolitan muzzarella.


vodka

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


mate

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”).

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zabaione

zabaioni (plural)
zabaglione (alternative)
zabajone (alternative)

→ Chinese: 薩巴里安尼 (sàbālǐ'ānní)

→ English: zabaglione

desctree

→ French: sabayon
→ English: sabayon
→ Finnish: sabayon

→ Portuguese: zabaione

Possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

sabaia<t:Illyrian barley beer><pos:from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*sab-</i> (“taste”)>

(usually uncountable) zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)


brioche

Borrowed from French brioche, from Old French brier (“to break”).

a croissant, Danish pastry, or other sweet bun


lasagna

→ Catalan: lasanya

→ English: lasagna

→ French: lasagne

→ German: Lasagne

→ Icelandic: lasanja

→ Japanese: ラザニア

→ Korean: 라자냐 (rajanya)

→ Portuguese: lasanha

→ Russian: лаза́нья (lazánʹja)

→ Spanish: lasaña

→ Turkish: lazanya

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”).

lasagne alla bolognese

Bolognese lasagna, Bologna-style lasagna, lasagna with Bolognese

lasagne di verdure

vegetable lasagna, lasagna with vegetable ragù

(cooking, food) a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated with condiments

(cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of lasagna


latte

it-noun

latte m (countable and uncountable, plural latti, diminutive-endearing lattùccio or latticèllo)


risotto

risotto m (plural risotti, diminutive risottino)

→ English: risotto


vino

→ English: vino

→ Sidamo: viino

Inherited from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁nom, derived from *wéyh₁ō (“vine, wine”). Cognates include Albanian verë, Armenian գինի (gini) and Greek οίνος (oínos).

Vino e olio caratterizzano la genuina e saporita cucina chiantigiana.

Wine and oil characterise/characterize the genuine and tasty Chiantian cooking.

Il vino, secondo Isac, da buon nutrimento, e rende santà al corpo

13ᵗʰ c., “XXXXVIII. Del vino, e delle sue virtù [48. About wine, and about its virtues]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 197:

Wine, according to Isaac, provides good nutrition, and makes the body healthy again

Necessità di grano e di vino, o vero d'aceto, e di sale è da fuggire al postutto; ma per le ville, e città, e castella si vadano caendo per uomini del campo che siano meno acconci alla battaglia con arme

13ᵗʰ c., Bono Giamboni, “Libro terzo, Capitolo 3: Con quanta cura si debbia accattare, e conservare l'annona, e la vivanda dell'oste”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 83:

In conclusion, the need for wheat, wine or vinegar, and salt is to be avoided; they should be searched for in the villages, the cities, and the castles, by men who are less prepared for armed battle

e, se non basta ciò, lui pur convene
vino e carne lassare,
caldo e troppo mangiare
e astener, quanto poder sostene,
di materia. […]

13ᵗʰ c., Guittone d'Arezzo, Onne vogliosa d'omo infermitate, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 129, lines 145–149:

And, if that is not enough, he should avoid wine and meat, heat, and excessive eating, and abstain as much as he can from things.

Lo duca mio, che mi potea vedere
far sì com' om che dal sonno si slega,
disse: «Che hai che non ti puoi tenere,
ma se' venuto più che mezza lega
velando li occhi e con le gambe avvolte,
a guisa di cui vino o sonno piega?».

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 118–123; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

My Leader, who could see me bear myself like to a man that rouses him from sleep, exclaimed: "What ails thee, that thou canst not stand? But hast been coming more than half a league veiling thine eyes, and with thy legs entangled, in guise of one whom wine or sleep subdues?"

Ma sopra tutto nel buon vino ho fede,
E credo che sia salvo chi gli crede.

1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimottavo [Eighteenth Canto]”, in Morgante, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 24:

But above all I have faith in good wine, and I believe he who believes in it is saved.

Che perda poi con scorno la battaglia:
ch'al vino, e a i cibi la gente Francesca
Presa riman, come la lasca a l'esca.

1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto trentesimoterzo [Thirty-third Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 153:

Let him lose the battle with shame, for the French people get stuck on wine and food, like the nase to the bait.

Il Lithargyro si stempera con l'acqua, vino, olio, ò aceto; ma più agevolmente con l'aceto

1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 80:

Litharge is dissolved with water, wine, oil, or vinegar, but more easily with vinegar

da un raveggiuolo inverminato nel mese di settembre nacquero e mosche ordinarie ed alcuni pochi moscioni di quegli stessi, che intorno al vino, ed all’aceto si aggirano

1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects], Florence, page 106:

From a wormy raveggiolo cheese, in the month of September, were born both ordinary flies and a few bluebottles, of the kind that go around wine and vinegar.

Nozze, ove in acqua è trasmutato il vino,
Son queste, e muto il reo prodigio inghiotti,
E se increduli v'ha, tosto fien dotti
dal Carnefice Popol Parigino.

1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Sonetto XXXVI [Sonnet 36]”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, page 153, lines 5–8:

This is a wedding where the wine has turned into water, and you, silent, swallow the guilty prodigy; and, if you don't believe it, they will soon be taught by the tormenting Parisian people.

Vi siano due merci sole e due soli individui, che l'uno abbia vino e l'altro frumento

1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Del valore e del prezzo delle cose [About the Value and the Price of Things]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics], collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 244:

Let's say there are only two kinds of goods, and only two individuals: one has wine, and the other has wheat

Si buttava sul letto, e subito tutto il vino bevuto le riveniva fuori trasformato in un infinito torrente di lagrime.

1904, Luigi Pirandello, “10. Acquasantiera e portacenere [10. Stoup and ashtray]”, in Il fu Mattia Pascal [The Late Mattia Pascal], published 1919, page 139:

She would throw herself on the bad, and immediately all the drunk wine would come of her again, turned into an infinite stream of tears.

wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%)


chitarra

→ Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)

→ Romanian: chitară

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cetra, inherited from Latin.

(cooking) a tool used in making pasta: a frame with a series of parallel wires crossing it


pane

pane m (plural pani, diminutive panétto or panettìno or panèllo or panìno, augmentative (uncommon) panóne, pejorative panàccio)

pani (plural)
panétto (diminutive)
panettìno (diminutive)
panèllo (diminutive)
panìno (diminutive)
panóne (augmentative uncommon)
panàccio (pejorative)

From Latin pānem, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).


kebab

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb, “fried meat”).

kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)


whisky

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, alternative form of usque, shortening of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (literally “water of life”) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (literally “water of life”).

(countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey


bruschetta

From brusca(re) (“to toast”) + -etta (noun-forming diminutive suffix).

affix

bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)


pasta

→ Afar: bastá

→ Cimbrian: pasta

→ Danish: pasta

desctree

→ Dutch: pasta
Afrikaans: pasta
→ Indonesian: pasta

→ English: pasta (see there for further descendants)

→ Faroese: pasta

→ Finnish: pasta

→ Greek: πάστα (pásta)
→ Romanian: pastă

→ Icelandic: pasta

→ Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)

→ Korean: 파스타 (paseuta)

→ Ladin: pasta

→ Mòcheno: pasta

→ Norwegian: pasta

→ Persian: پاستا (pâstâ)

→ Somali: baasto

→ Turkish: pasta

→ West Frisian: pasta

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kweh₁t-der.
Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)
Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)
Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.
Late Latin pasta
Italian pasta
Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).


pizzicare

it-verb

pizzicàre (first-person singular present pìzzico, first-person singular past historic pizzicài, past participle pizzicàto, auxiliary avére)

pizzicàre (canonical)
pìzzico (first-person present singular)
pizzicài (first-person historic past singular)
pizzicàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
pizzicàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
pizzicàndo (gerund)
pizzicànte (participle present)
pizzicàto (participle past)
pìzzico (first-person indicative present singular)
pìzzichi (indicative present second-person singular)
pìzzica (indicative present singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
pizzicàte (indicative plural present second-person)
pìzzicano (indicative plural present third-person)
pizzicàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pizzicàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pizzicàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pizzicavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pizzicavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pizzicàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pizzicài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pizzicàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pizzicò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pizzicàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pizzicàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pizzicàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pizzicherò (first-person future indicative singular)
pizzicherài (future indicative second-person singular)
pizzicherà (future indicative singular third-person)
pizzicherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
pizzicheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
pizzicherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
pizzicherèi (conditional first-person singular)
pizzicherésti (conditional second-person singular)
pizzicherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
pizzicherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
pizzicherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
pizzicheréste (conditional plural second-person)
pizzicherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
pizzicherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
pìzzichi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pìzzichi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pìzzichi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pizzichiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pìzzichino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pizzicàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pizzicàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pizzicàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pizzicàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pizzicàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pizzicàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pìzzica (imperative second-person singular)
pìzzichi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
pizzicàte (imperative plural second-person)
pìzzichino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pizzicàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
pìzzichi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
pizzicàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
pìzzichino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive) to burn (the palate, etc.) (of spicy food)


agnello

it-noun

agnello m (plural agnelli, feminine agnella)

From Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus. Cognates include Catalan anyell, French agneau and Romanian miel.

Egli ha raccontato un breve aneddoto su un americano che, in uno zoo di Mosca, aveva visto, con sua grande sorpresa, una gabbia che conteneva un lupo e un agnello.

He related a short anecdote about an American who, to his surprise, had seen a cage containing a wolf and a lamb in a Moscow zoo.


gelato

From Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). By surface analysis, gelo (“frost, cold”) + -ato (past participle suffix). Literally, “frozen.”


chiocciola

From a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *clociola, diminutive of *clocea, from metathesis of Latin cochlea (“snail”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), cognate with κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish”).

(typography, computing) the “@” symbol, commercial at, at sign


spaghetti

Plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus (“string”).


cappuccino

→ Catalan: caputxí, caputxino

→ Dutch: cappuccino

→ English: cappuccino

→ Finnish: cappuccino

→ French: cappuccino

desc

→ German: Cappuccino, → Kapuziner (calque)

→ Polish: cappuccino

→ Portuguese: capuchino

→ Spanish: capuchino, cappuccino

→ Swedish: cappuccino

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) + -ino. The coffee gets its name from the color of the beverage, which is reminiscent of the color of monks' habits.

(slang) French letter, rubber johnny (condom)


speck

Unadapted borrowing from German Speck, from Middle High German spec, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik (“bacon”).


porco

it-adj

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)

porca (feminine)
porci (masculine plural)
porche (feminine plural)

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

terrible, dirty, bad (used as a curse or swearword)


tè

→ Romansch: te, té, tè

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).


yogurt

Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).


cocktail

Unadapted borrowing from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


penna

→ Turkish: pena

From Latin penna and pinna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”).

inh

(cooking, in the plural) penne (type of pasta)


chef

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (“head; chief”), from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of capo.


insalata

From insalato, which is an adjective derived from the verb insalare (“to salt”).


vitello

→ Ottoman Turkish: ودله (vedela)

From Latin vitellus. Compare Romanian vițel, French veau, Catalan vedella .


grappa

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).

bor+

brace (arrangement for producing tension)


maki

Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maka.


manzo

Disputed, maybe from a pre-Latin (possibly Illyrian) root. Compare Albanian mëz, and Romanian mânz, Aromanian mãndzu, which might be from the same source.

I fagioli comuni, così come ostriche, manzo, pollame e semi di zucca, sono ricchi di zinco.

Kidney beans, as well as oysters, beef, poultry and pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc.

(figurative) A large, strong and uncouth man.


spaghetto

Greek: σπαγγέτι n (spangéti)

From spago + -etto (“meliorative suffix”).

(cooking, rare, prescriptive) strand of spaghetti

(cooking, in the plural) a dish of spaghetti


sashimi

Borrowed from Japanese 刺(さし)身(み) (sashimi, literally “sliced flesh”), derived from 刺(さ)し (sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”, continuative form of 刺(さ)す (sasu, “to stick into”)) + 身(み) (mi, “flesh, meat”).


sushi

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi), ultimately from the archaic adjective 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) (modern counterpart: 酸(す)い (sui)), derived from 酢(す) (su, “vinegar”), of uncertain further origin.


salame

→ Portuguese: salame


pesto

→ English: pesto

→ Turkish: pesto

From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).


zafferano

Borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

bor+

lesser black-backed gull
lesser black-backed gull


zampone

→ English: zampone

in Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils


zenzero

zenzeri (plural)
zenzevero (alternative)
zenzovero (alternative)
zenzavero (alternative)
gengiovo (alternative)
gengevo (alternative)
gengero (alternative)
gengeri (alternative)

→? Czech: zázvor

→? Slovak: zázvor

From Late Latin gingiber, Latin zingiberī.


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


affogare

it-verb

affogàre (first-person singular present affógo or affògo, first-person singular past historic affogài, past participle affogàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

affogàre (canonical)
affógo (first-person present singular)
affògo (first-person present singular)
affogài (first-person historic past singular)
affogàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
affogàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
affogàndo (gerund)
affogànte (participle present)
affogàto (participle past)
affógo (first-person indicative present singular)
affògo (first-person indicative present singular)
affóghi (indicative present second-person singular)
affòghi (indicative present second-person singular)
affóga (indicative present singular third-person)
affòga (indicative present singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
affogàte (indicative plural present second-person)
affógano (indicative plural present third-person)
affògano (indicative plural present third-person)
affogàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affogàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affogàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affogavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affogavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affogàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affogài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affogàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
affogò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affogàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affogàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affogàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
affogherò (first-person future indicative singular)
affogherài (future indicative second-person singular)
affogherà (future indicative singular third-person)
affogherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
affogheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
affogherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
affogherèi (conditional first-person singular)
affogherésti (conditional second-person singular)
affogherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
affogherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
affogherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
affogheréste (conditional plural second-person)
affogherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
affogherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
affóghi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affòghi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affóghi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affòghi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affóghi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affòghi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affoghiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affóghino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affòghino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affogàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affogàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affogàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affogàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affogàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affogàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affóga (imperative second-person singular)
affòga (imperative second-person singular)
affóghi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affòghi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
affogàte (imperative plural second-person)
affóghino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affòghino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affogàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
affóghi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affòghi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
affogàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
affóghino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affòghino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

desc

→ Sardinian: affogare, affogai (Campidanese)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre.

affogato nella crema


zuccotto

a type of chocolate-flavoured/flavored ice-cream dessert


cucinare

it-verb

cucinàre (first-person singular present cucìno, first-person singular past historic cucinài, past participle cucinàto, auxiliary avére)

cucinàre (canonical)
cucìno (first-person present singular)
cucinài (first-person historic past singular)
cucinàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
cucinàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
cucinàndo (gerund)
cucinànte (participle present)
cucinàto (participle past)
cucìno (first-person indicative present singular)
cucìni (indicative present second-person singular)
cucìna (indicative present singular third-person)
cuciniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
cucinàte (indicative plural present second-person)
cucìnano (indicative plural present third-person)
cucinàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cucinàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cucinàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cucinavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cucinavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cucinàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cucinài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cucinàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cucinò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cucinàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cucinàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cucinàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cucinerò (first-person future indicative singular)
cucinerài (future indicative second-person singular)
cucinerà (future indicative singular third-person)
cucinerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
cucineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
cucinerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
cucinerèi (conditional first-person singular)
cucinerésti (conditional second-person singular)
cucinerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
cucinerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
cucinerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
cucineréste (conditional plural second-person)
cucinerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
cucinerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
cucìni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cucìni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cucìni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cuciniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cuciniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cucìnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cucinàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cucinàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cucinàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cucinàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cucinàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cucinàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cucìna (imperative second-person singular)
cucìni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cuciniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
cucinàte (imperative plural second-person)
cucìnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cucinàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
cucìni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cuciniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
cucinàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
cucìnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Late Latin cocīnāre, from Latin coquīnāre.


dorare

doràre (first-person singular present dòro, first-person singular past historic dorài, past participle doràto, auxiliary avére)

doràre (canonical)
dòro (first-person present singular)
dorài (first-person historic past singular)
doràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
doràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
doràndo (gerund)
dorànte (participle present)
doràto (participle past)
dòro (first-person indicative present singular)
dòri (indicative present second-person singular)
dòra (indicative present singular third-person)
doriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
doràte (indicative plural present second-person)
dòrano (indicative plural present third-person)
doràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
doràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
doràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
doravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
doravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
doràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dorài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
doràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dorò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
doràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
doràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
doràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dorerò (first-person future indicative singular)
dorerài (future indicative second-person singular)
dorerà (future indicative singular third-person)
dorerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
doreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
dorerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
dorerèi (conditional first-person singular)
dorerésti (conditional second-person singular)
dorerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
dorerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
dorerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
doreréste (conditional plural second-person)
dorerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
dorerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
dòri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dòri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dòri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
doriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
doriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dòrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
doràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
doràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
doràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
doràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
doràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
doràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dòra (imperative second-person singular)
dòri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
doriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
doràte (imperative plural second-person)
dòrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
doràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
dòri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
doriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
doràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
dòrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Late Latin deaurāre, from Latin aurāre.

(uncommon) to dip in egg yolk (prior to frying)

to cook at moderate heat until a gold-like colour/color is achieved


dado

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, itself either from Latin datum (“thrown, given”), or from Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese dado, Catalan dau, French dé.

minestra di dadi


daino

Borrowed from Old French daine, daim, from Late Latin dāmus, from Latin dāma.


doc

un vino doc

(viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)


basilico

basilichi (plural)
bassilico (alternative)

From Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), nominalized neuter form of the adjective βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal, kingly”), derived from βασιλεύς (basileús, “master; king”).

Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum#Translingual


brandy

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.


cervo

it-noun

cervo m (plural cervi, feminine cerva, diminutive (uncommon) cervétto or cervìno, augmentative cervóne)

cervi (plural)
cerva (feminine)
cervétto (diminutive uncommon)
cervìno (diminutive)
cervóne (augmentative)

From Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂wós, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).


scottare

it-verb

a􂀿in most meanings􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain"􂁀/ò

scottàre (first-person singular present scòtto, first-person singular past historic scottài, past participle scottàto, auxiliary (in most meanings) avére or (in the intransitive meaning "to hurt, to pain") èssere)

scottàre (canonical)
scòtto (first-person present singular)
scottài (first-person historic past singular)
scottàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
èssere (auxiliary)
scottàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
èssere (auxiliary)
scottàndo (gerund)
scottànte (participle present)
scottàto (participle past)
scòtto (first-person indicative present singular)
scòtti (indicative present second-person singular)
scòtta (indicative present singular third-person)
scottiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scottàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scòttano (indicative plural present third-person)
scottàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scottàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scottàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scottavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scottavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scottàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scottài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scottàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scottò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scottàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scottàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scottàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scotterò (first-person future indicative singular)
scotterài (future indicative second-person singular)
scotterà (future indicative singular third-person)
scotterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scotteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scotterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scotterèi (conditional first-person singular)
scotterésti (conditional second-person singular)
scotterèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
scotterébbe (conditional singular third-person)
scotterémmo (conditional first-person plural)
scotteréste (conditional plural second-person)
scotterèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
scotterébbero (conditional plural third-person)
scòtti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scòtti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scòtti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scottiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scottiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scòttino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scottàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scottàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scottàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scottàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scottàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scottàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scòtta (imperative second-person singular)
scòtti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scottiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scottàte (imperative plural second-person)
scòttino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scottàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scòtti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scottiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scottàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scòttino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *excoctāre, derived from Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“to boil; to melt; to dry up”), derived from coquō (“to cook”).

(transitive, by extension, cooking) to boil or fry briefly, to parboil (meat or vegetables)


friggere

frìggere (first-person singular present frìggo, first-person singular past historic frìssi, past participle frìtto, auxiliary avére)

frìggere (canonical)
frìggo (first-person present singular)
frìssi (first-person historic past singular)
frìtto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
frìggere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
friggèndo (gerund)
friggènte (participle present)
frìtto (participle past)
frìggo (first-person indicative present singular)
frìggi (indicative present second-person singular)
frìgge (indicative present singular third-person)
friggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
friggéte (indicative plural present second-person)
frìggono (indicative plural present third-person)
friggévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
friggévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
friggéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
friggevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
friggevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
friggévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
frìssi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
friggésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
frìsse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
friggémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
friggéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
frìssero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
friggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
friggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
friggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
friggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
friggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
friggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
friggerèi (conditional first-person singular)
friggerésti (conditional second-person singular)
friggerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
friggerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
friggerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
friggeréste (conditional plural second-person)
friggerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
friggerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
frìgga (first-person present singular subjunctive)
frìgga (present second-person singular subjunctive)
frìgga (present singular subjunctive third-person)
friggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
friggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
frìggano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
friggéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
friggéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
friggésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
friggéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
friggéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
friggéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
frìggi (imperative second-person singular)
frìgga (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
friggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
friggéte (imperative plural second-person)
frìggano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
frìggere (imperative negative second-person singular)
frìgga (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
friggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
friggéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
frìggano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin frīgere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.


orecchietta

(usually in the plural) a type of pasta from Puglia in the shape of little ears


cuocere

cuòcere (first-person singular present cuòcio, first-person singular past historic còssi, past participle còtto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

cuòcere (canonical)
cuòcio (first-person present singular)
còssi (first-person historic past singular)
còtto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
cuòcere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
cuocèndo (gerund)
cocèndo (archaic gerund)
cuocènte (participle present)
cocènte (archaic participle present)
còtto (participle past)
cuòcio (first-person indicative present singular)
cuòci (indicative present second-person singular)
cuòce (indicative present singular third-person)
cuociàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
cociàmo (archaic first-person indicative plural present)
cuocéte (indicative plural present second-person)
cocéte (archaic indicative plural present second-person)
cuòciono (indicative plural present third-person)
cuocévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cocévo (archaic first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cuocévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cocévi (archaic imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cuocéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cocéva (archaic imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cuocevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cocevàmo (archaic first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cuocevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cocevàte (archaic imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cuocévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cocévano (archaic imperfect indicative plural third-person)
còssi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cuocésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cocésti (archaic historic indicative past second-person singular)
còsse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cuocémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cocémmo (archaic first-person historic indicative past plural)
cuocéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cocéste (archaic historic indicative past plural second-person)
còssero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cuocerò (first-person future indicative singular)
cocerò (archaic first-person future indicative singular)
cuocerài (future indicative second-person singular)
cocerài (archaic future indicative second-person singular)
cuocerà (future indicative singular third-person)
cocerà (archaic future indicative singular third-person)
cuocerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
cocerémo (archaic first-person future indicative plural)
cuoceréte (future indicative plural second-person)
coceréte (archaic future indicative plural second-person)
cuocerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
cocerànno (archaic future indicative plural third-person)
cuocerèi (conditional first-person singular)
cocerèi (archaic conditional first-person singular)
cuocerésti (conditional second-person singular)
cocerésti (archaic conditional second-person singular)
cuocerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
cuocerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
cocerèbbe (archaic conditional singular third-person)
cocerébbe (archaic conditional singular third-person)
cuocerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
cocerémmo (archaic conditional first-person plural)
cuoceréste (conditional plural second-person)
coceréste (archaic conditional plural second-person)
cuocerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
cuocerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
cocerèbbero (archaic conditional plural third-person)
cocerébbero (archaic conditional plural third-person)
cuòcia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cuòcia (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cuòcia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cuociàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cociàmo (archaic first-person plural present subjunctive)
cuociàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cociàte (archaic plural present second-person subjunctive)
cuòciano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cuocéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cocéssi (archaic first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cuocéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cocéssi (archaic imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cuocésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cocésse (archaic imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cuocéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cocéssimo (archaic first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cuocéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cocéste (archaic imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cuocéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cocéssero (archaic imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cuòci (imperative second-person singular)
cuòcia (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cuociàmo (first-person imperative plural)
cociàmo (archaic first-person imperative plural)
cuocéte (imperative plural second-person)
cocéte (archaic imperative plural second-person)
cuòciano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cuòcere (imperative negative second-person singular)
cuòcia (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cuociàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
cociàmo (archaic first-person imperative negative plural)
cuocéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
cocéte (archaic imperative negative plural second-person)
cuòciano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
còce (alternative)

From Late Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.

(transitive, also figurative) to cook, to bake

(intransitive, also figurative) to cook, to bake [auxiliary essere]


apriscatole

Verb-object compound, composed of apri (“to open”) + scatole (“cans, tins”).


cornetto

From corno (“horn”, from Latin cornū) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cornū</i>


birra

→ Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Egyptian Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Moroccan Arabic: بيرة (bīrra)

→ Cimbrian: bira

→ Greek: μπίρα (bíra)

→ Maltese: birra

→ Portuguese: birra

→ Spanish: birra

→ Ottoman Turkish: بیرا (bira)

Turkish: bira

→ Armenian: պիրա (pira)

→ Venetan: bira

→ Cimbrian: biira

Mi piace la birra.


caffè

it-noun

caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio (“café”))

→ Cimbrian: kafè

→ Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)

→ English: caffè

→ Faroese: kaffi

→ French: café (see there for further descendants)

→ Irish: caife

→ Icelandic: kaffi

→ Mòcheno: kafè

→ New Latin: cafēa

→ Spanish: café (see there for further descendants)

desctree

→ Swedish: kaffe, caffe (archaic)
→ Finnish: kahvi

→ West Flemish: kaffie

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).


riso

From Late Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).


primo

primi (plural)
1º (alternative)
1ª (alternative)
I (alternative)

From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Coordinate term: secondo

(cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter


cibo

Sicilian: cibu

Learned borrowing from Latin cibus. Contrast Portuguese cevo and Spanish cebo (“bait”).


coltello

it-noun

coltello m (plural coltelli, diminutive coltellìno or (rare) coltellétto, augmentative coltellóne, pejorative coltellàccio, derogatory coltellùccio)

coltelli (plural)
coltellìno (diminutive)
coltellétto (diminutive rare)
coltellóne (augmentative)
coltellàccio (pejorative)
coltellùccio (derogatory)

From Latin cultellus (“small knife, dagger”), diminutive of culter (“knife”).


sambuca

From sambuco (“elder tree”), from Latin sambūcus, considered to be from the instrument name sambūca for its being made of elderwood.


origano

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(by extension) any plant of the genus Origanum

oregano, specifically:
any plant of the genus Origanum


sfumare

it-verb

sfumàre (first-person singular present sfùmo, first-person singular past historic sfumài, past participle sfumàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

sfumàre (canonical)
sfùmo (first-person present singular)
sfumài (first-person historic past singular)
sfumàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
sfumàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
sfumàndo (gerund)
sfumànte (participle present)
sfumàto (participle past)
sfùmo (first-person indicative present singular)
sfùmi (indicative present second-person singular)
sfùma (indicative present singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sfumàte (indicative plural present second-person)
sfùmano (indicative plural present third-person)
sfumàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sfumàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sfumàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sfumavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sfumavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sfumàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sfumài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sfumàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sfumò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sfumàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sfumàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sfumàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sfumerò (first-person future indicative singular)
sfumerài (future indicative second-person singular)
sfumerà (future indicative singular third-person)
sfumerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sfumeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sfumerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sfumerèi (conditional first-person singular)
sfumerésti (conditional second-person singular)
sfumerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
sfumerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
sfumerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
sfumeréste (conditional plural second-person)
sfumerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
sfumerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
sfùmi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sfùmi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sfùmi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sfumiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sfùmino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sfumàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sfumàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sfumàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sfumàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sfumàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sfumàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sfùma (imperative second-person singular)
sfùmi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sfumàte (imperative plural second-person)
sfùmino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sfumàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sfùmi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sfumàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sfùmino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, cooking) to boil on a low heat


focaccia

→ English: focaccia

→ Lithuanian: fokačija

→ Sardinian: covazza

→ Spanish: focaccia

From Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fugassa. Compare Sicilian fugazza.


espresso

Past participle of esprimere; borrowed from Latin expressus.

Vuoi un espresso?

Clipping of caffè espresso (“espresso”).


macedonia

From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.


champagne

Borrowed from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campagna.


acciuga

Borrowed from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

anchovy (any of the fish in the family Engraulidae family), particularly European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)


DOC

Modelled after French AOC (“appellation d'origine contrôlée”).

cog

(viticulture) Initialism of Denominazione di Origine Controllata (“controlled designation of origin”).

DOCG

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita


ACE

From the names of vitamins A, C and E, contained in the juice.

(cooking) a flavour/flavor of fruit juice, mainly formed by orange, carrot and lemon juice


formaggio

→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)

→ Somali: farmaajo

Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”). Compare modern French fromage.


raviolo

Uncertain, perhaps masculine form of raviola, diminutive of rava (based on resemblance to a small turnip).

(cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of ravioli


fumetto

(cooking) cornflour (maize) finely ground


forchetta

it-noun

forchetta f (plural forchette, diminutive forchettìna, augmentative forchettóne, pejorative forchettàccia, endearing-derogatory forchettùccia)

forchette (plural)
forchettìna (diminutive)
forchettóne (augmentative)
forchettàccia (pejorative)

From forca (“gardening fork”) + -etta (diminutive suffix). Compare French fourchette.


cucchiaio

it-noun

cucchiaio m (plural cucchiai, diminutive cucchiaiétto or (more common) cucchiaìno, augmentative cucchiaióne, pejorative cucchiaiàccio, derogatory cucchiaiùccio)

cucchiai (plural)
cucchiaiétto (diminutive)
cucchiaìno (common diminutive)
cucchiaióne (augmentative)
cucchiaiàccio (pejorative)
cucchiaiùccio (derogatory)
cucchiaro (alternative)

From the Latin cochleārium, derived from cochlear, from cochlea (“snail”), which perhaps was an instrument used to eat eggs and snails. It's also possible that it derives from the use to which it was put, the concave shape, or perhaps originally it was made with the shell of a snail. Compare French cuillère.


noce

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


sangria

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, derivative of sangre (“blood”), from Latin sanguis, due to its red color. Related with Italian sangue.


panettone

→ English: panettone

→ Portuguese: panetone, panettone

→ Spanish: panetone, panettone, panetón

From Milanese Lombard panaton, an augmentative of pan (“bread”). In sense 2, for its shape.

[…] oggi s’è fatto baldoria: il signor Cattaneo—e il professore Mangili—sono stati a desinare con noi: e noi col rito degli avi abbiamo trinciata una pollastra arrosto, e distribuito a’ nostri ospiti il panettone

1808 December 26, Ugo Foscolo, [untitled letter]; published in “154. Al medesimo, a Milano - Pavia, lunedì 26 dicembre 1808 [154 - To the same [Ugo Brunetti], in Milan (Pavia, Monday 26 December 1808)]”, in Epistolario di Ugo Foscolo [Letters of Ugo Foscolo], volume 1, Florence: Felice Le Monnier, 1852, page 190:

[…] today we celebrated: mister Cattaneo, and professor Mangili, have had lunch with us: and we, through the ritual of our forefathers, have cut up a roasted chicken, and shared out the panettone to our guests.

PANETTONE, pane grande fatto per lo più con pasta assai lievitata fatta con fior di farina, entrovi uova, zucchero e burro, uve di Smirne, cedro, pistacchio e altro.

[1868, Giacinto Carena, “Panettone”, in Nuovo vocabolario italiano d’arti e mestieri, 1ˢᵗ Milanese edition, Milan: Francesco Pagnoni, page 342:

Panettone - large bread chiefly made with long-leavened dough made with top-quality flour, inside of which [are] eggs, sugar, and butter, sultana, citron, pistachio, and more.

Se proprio vuoi che io riceva qualche cosa da te per Natale, data la possibilità concessa, ti prego di essere molto parca e limitata. […] Se vuoi sapere i miei desideri, eccoli: un po’ di panettone e, se è possibile, qualche vasetto di quell’estratto concentrato di brodo vegetale che una volta mi mandasti.

1932 December 12, Antonio Gramsci, [untitled letter]; published in Antonio Santucci, editor, Antonio Gramsci - Lettere dal carcere [Antonio Gramsci - Letters from prison], volume 2, Cles: Editrice L'Unità S.p.A., 1988 February 14:

If you really want me to have something from you for Christmas, considering the chance offered, I beg you to be very frugal and restrained. […] If you want to know my wishes, here they are: a bit of panettone, and—if it is possible—a few jars of that concentrated vegetable broth extract you once sent to me.

Il segreto di un buon panettone è dunque nella lievitazione, rigorosamente naturale (niente lieviti chimici) e nel doppio impasto.

2004, Dino Galiazzo, “Panettone”, in La guida del consumatore [The consumer's guide], Novara: De Agostini, →ISBN, page 377:

The secret of a good panettone is therefore in the strictly natural leavening (no chemical yeast), and the double kneading.

Negli anni ’80 Nicola sfornò i primi duemila panettoni artigianali. Oggi, nel laboratorio di duemila metri quadrati (mille per la produzione, altrettanti per il confezionamento), lavorano circa 130 persone nei periodi di massima produzione a Natale 2019 sono stati sfornati (e venduti) più di un milione di chili di panettoni.

2020 March 12, Laura Mari, “Fiasconaro, il pasticciere che ha conquistato il mondo con colombe e panettoni [Fiasconaro, the pastrymaker who has conquered the world with colomba cakes and panettoni]”, in La Repubblica:

In the 80s, Nicolà produced the first two thousand homemade panettoni. Today, in the periods of peak production, about 130 people work in the two-thousand-square-meters laboratory (a thousand for production, and as many for packaging); in Christmas 2019, more than a million kilos of panettoni have been produced (and sold).

panettone (Christmas brioche with candied fruit)


pandoro

From pan(e) (“bread”) + d'oro (“golden, of gold”).

compound

pandoro (Christmas sweet bread loaf in the shape of a star)


tiramisù

→ Bulgarian: тирамису́ (tiramisú)

→ English: tiramisu

→ Finnish: tiramisu

→ French: tiramisu

→ German: Tiramisu

→ Japanese: ティラミス

→ Polish: tiramisu

→ Portuguese: tiramisu

→ Romanian: tiramisu

→ Spanish: tiramisú

→ Turkish: tiramisu

Univerbation of tira + mi + su, literally “pick me up”, from tira su (“pick up”, second person singular imperative of tirare su) + mi (“me”, unstressed first person singular object pronoun). Cognate to Venetan tiramesù.

affix

second person singular imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">tirare su</i>


soufflé

Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé.


provolone

provolone (semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows)


cinghiale

cinghiali (plural)
cignale (alternative)
cinghiare (alternative)
cinghiaro (alternative)

From an earlier *singhiale, *singhiare, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, from syncopation of Latin singulāris [porcus]. Compare Catalan senglar, Occitan singlar, French sanglier, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singolare.


linguine

Arabic: لنقويني (linqwīnī)

English: linguine, linguini

French: linguine

German: Linguine, Linguini

Greek: λιγκουίνι (ligkouíni)

desc

Hebrew: לינגויני (lingvíni), לינגוינה (lingvíne)

Japanese: リングイネ (ringuine)

Korean: 링귀네 (ringgwine)

Norwegian Bokmål: linguine

Persian: لینگوئینی (lingwini)

Polish: linguine

Russian: лингуине (linguine)

Spanish: linguine, linguini, linguinis, lingüinis

Swedish: linguine

Ukrainian: лінгуїне (linhujine), лінґуїне (lingujine)

linguine (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle)


prosciutto

prosciutti (plural)
presciutto (alternative)
preciutto (alternative)

From asciutto, with a change of prefix, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from Latin per + exsūctus.

Avvolgere circa sei pezzi di porro in mezza fetta di prosciutto riempiendo bene l’involtino.

Wrap about six pieces of leek in half a slice of ham. Fill the roulade completely.


ristorante

Noun use of present participle of ristorare (“to restore”)


amaretto

From amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Latin amārus.


biga

Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.

2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:

(baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)


farcire

it-verb

farcìre (first-person singular present farcìsco, first-person singular past historic farcìi, past participle farcìto, auxiliary avére)

farcìre (canonical)
farcìsco (first-person present singular)
farcìi (first-person historic past singular)
farcìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
farcìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
farcèndo (gerund)
farcènte (participle present)
farcìto (participle past)
farcìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
farcìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
farcìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
farciàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
farcìte (indicative plural present second-person)
farcìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
farcìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
farcìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
farcìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
farcivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
farcivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
farcìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
farcìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
farcìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
farcì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
farcìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
farcìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
farcìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
farcirò (first-person future indicative singular)
farcirài (future indicative second-person singular)
farcirà (future indicative singular third-person)
farcirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
farciréte (future indicative plural second-person)
farcirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
farcirèi (conditional first-person singular)
farcirésti (conditional second-person singular)
farcirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
farcirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
farcirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
farciréste (conditional plural second-person)
farcirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
farcirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
farcìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
farcìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
farcìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
farciàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
farciàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
farcìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
farcìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
farcìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
farcìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
farcìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
farcìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
farcìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
farcìsci (imperative second-person singular)
farcìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
farciàmo (first-person imperative plural)
farcìte (imperative plural second-person)
farcìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
farcìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
farcìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
farciàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
farcìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
farcìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, cooking) to stuff, fill, farce


sidro

From Old French sidre, from Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́keră).


spalla

it-noun

spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

(cooking) chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal


spezie

Greek: Σπέτσες (Spétses, “Spetses”)

Borrowed from Late Latin plural speciēs (“goods, ware”), from Classical Latin singular speciēs (“kind, quality, type”). Doublet of specie.


carvi

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ).


tempura

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin, cognate with either temperare or tempo, tempora. See above for more.


cavallo

it-noun

cavallìno,cavallétto<q:only in specific meanings>

cavallo m (plural cavalli, feminine cavalla, diminutive cavallìno or (only in specific meanings) cavallétto, augmentative cavallóne or cavallòtto, pejorative cavallàccio, endearing-derogatory cavallùccio)

cavalli (plural)
cavalla (feminine)
cavallìno (diminutive)
cavallétto (diminutive specific)
cavallóne (augmentative)
cavallòtto (augmentative)
cavallàccio (pejorative)

→ Alemannic German: Kawall

→ Greek: καβάλος (kaválos)

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo, Galician cabalo, French cheval, Catalan cavall, Spanish caballo, Romanian cal.


plin

Borrowed from Piedmontese plin (“pinch, nip”), onomatopoeic, in reference to the gesture made to fold it.


pizzaiolo

it-noun

pizzaiolo m (plural pizzaioli, feminine pizzaiola)


parmigiana

parmigiana f (plural parmigiane, masculine parmigiano)

parmigiane (plural)
parmigiano (masculine)

any food cooked with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce; any food cooked alla parmigiana; a parmigiana


parmigiano

From Parma + -igiano (“-ian”). Compare Sicilian parmisanu and parmicianu.


mozzarella in carrozza

mozzarella in carrozza f (plural mozzarelle in carrozza)

deep-fried balls of mozzarella cheese and prosciutto wrapped in battered bread


salume

From sale (“salt”) + -ume (collective-pejorative suffix).

suffix

any food product usually made from ground meat, especially pork, that is encased and cured with salt and spices, including foods such as salami


mortadella

From a diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).


tonno

From Late Latin tunnus, from Latin thunnus, thynnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).


minestra

it-noun

minestra f (plural minestre, diminutive minestrìna, augmentative minestróne, pejorative minestráccia or minestrùccia)

minestre (plural)
minestrìna (diminutive)
minestróne (augmentative)
minestráccia (pejorative)
minestrùccia (pejorative)

→ Alemannic German: Manestre

From minestrare (“to serve, prepare (as in soup)”), from Latin ministrāre.

o mangi la minestra o salti la finestra

beggars can't be choosers; either you eat the soup or you jump (out of) the window


minestrone

From minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

minestra<t:soup><pos:ultimately from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">ministrō</i>>

(figuratively, informal) confusion, jumble, mix-up, mixture


stracciatella

→ Bulgarian: страчатела (stračatela)

→ Czech: stračatela

→ Dutch: stracciatella

→ English: stracciatella

→ German: Stracciatella

desc

στρατσιατέλα

→ Greek: στρατσιατέλα (stratsiatéla)

→ Japanese: ストラッチャテッラ (sutoratchaterra)

→ Korean: 스트라차텔라 (seuteurachatella)

→ Polish: stracciatella, straciatella

страччате́лла

страчате́лла

→ Russian: страччате́лла (straččatélla), страчате́лла (stračatélla)

From stracciato (“ripped, torn up”, past participle of stracciare) + -ella, ultimately from Latin extrahō (“to extract, remove”).

suffix

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">stracciare</i>

(usually uncountable) stracciatella (ice cream)


torta della nonna

it-noun

torta della nonna f (plural torte della nonna)

a soft flat cake made with ricotta (or custard) and flavoured/flavored with pine nuts


in bianco

pasta in bianco

without condiments, sauces, or spices; plain (of food)


arancino

(cooking) arancino (baked stuffed rice ball from Sicily)


cacciucco

a spiced fish stew; an Italian equivalent of bouillabaisse


cotoletta

Borrowed from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette (literally “little rib”).


insalata caprese

it-noun

insalata caprese f (plural insalate capresi)

English: Caprese salad

a simple salad of mozzarella, sliced tomato and basil


agnolotti

a type of square or rectangular ravioli from Piedmont made from a small sheet of pasta folded up


agnolotto

agnolotti (plural)
agnellotto (alternative)

Most likely from anegliotto, from anegli (“rings”, archaic plural of anello) + -otto (augmentative suffix); though it is said to be named after the recipe's inventor, Piedmontese Angelòt (see angelo and agnolo).


bucatino

(usually in the plural) a type of thick hollow spaghetti


cannelloni

cannelloni m plural of cannellone (canonical)


cannellone

(usually in the plural) a large tube of pasta with a savoury/savory filling baked in the oven


cappelletto

(usually in the plural) wide tube of pasta with a savoury/savory filling baked in the oven


conchiglia

From Latin conchȳlium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel”).

der

architectural ornament in the shape of a shell


lumaca

From Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx. See also limaccia.

(usually in the plural) type of pasta shaped like a snail's shell


manicotto

From manica (“sleeve”) + -etto (“meliorative suffix”). By surface analysis, manica + -otto.

suffix

(cooking, food) large tubes of pasta with a savoury/savory filling baked in the oven; manicotti

(cooking, chiefly in the singular) a dish of manicotti


senape

From Latin sinapi, from Ancient Greek σίναπι (sínapi). Compare Sicilian sinapi.


struzzo

→ Hungarian: strucc

→ Romanian: struț

From Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


pappardella

desc

Greek: παπαρδέλα f (papardéla, “a type of pasta; chatter”)

A derivative from pappare, of unclear formation.

(usually in the plural) a wide form of fettuccine, or a narrow form of lasagne, traditionally eaten with a meat sauce (especially one made with hare)


rigatone

(usually in the plural) a ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved


supplì

Phonetic adaptation of French surprise, because of the supposedly unexpected filling.

suppli (croquette filled with mozzarella or meat)


supplì al telefono

Literally, “suppli on the telephone”, because when pulled apart the cheese is supposed to resemble telephone wires.

suppli al telefono (deep-fried croquettes filled with mozzarella)


tortellino

→ English: tortellini

→ German: Tortellini

→ Polish: tortellini

From tortello + -ino, hypocorism of torta (“cake”).

È il tortellino di Bologna col brodino senza panna […]

2008, “Il tortellino [The tortellini]”, in Tiziana di Tullio – Alessandro Visintainer (lyrics), Alessandro Visintainer (music), 51ª edizione (2008) dello Zecchino d'Oro [51º edition (2008) of the Zecchino d'Oro song festival], Bologna, Italy: Zecchino d'Oro:

It is the tortellini of Bologna, with light soap/broath without cream […]

(cooking, foods) tortellini; small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese etc.; eaten with a sauce or in a soup

(cooking, in the plural) a dish of tortellini


zita

zite (plural)
zito (masculine)
zito (alternative)

(usually in the plural) a single piece of ziti (larger, hollow macaroni)


zitona

(usually in the plural) zitoni, a larger form of ziti


fritto misto di mare

it-noun

fritto misto di mare m (plural fritti misti di mare)

a deep-fried mixture of seafood in batter


filetto

filo (“thread”) + -etto (“diminutive suffix”).


in umido

(cooking) cooked and served in a sauce, especially one derived from the food's own juices


coniglio

it-noun

coniglio m (plural conigli, feminine coniglia)

→ Greek: κουνέλι (kounéli)

→ Sardinian: conigliu

Ultimately from Latin cunīculus. Judging by its /ʎʎ/, borrowed via a Western Romance language, perhaps some variety of Gallo-Italic. Doublet of cunicolo.


fagiano

fagiano m (plural fagiani, feminine fagiana)

→ Hungarian: fácán

→ Maltese: faġan

From Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).


favata

a stew of fava beans, sausage, cabbage etc. from Sardinia


ossobuco

ossibuchi (plural)
osso buco (alternative)

From osso (“bone”) + buco (“hole”, or as an adjective, “hollow”), calqued from Milanese Lombard òss bus.


rognone

Borrowed from Old French rognon, itself from a Vulgar Latin *reniōnem, from Latin ren.

(cooking) animal kidney (cooked for food)


salsiccia

salsicce (plural)
salciccia (alternative)

→ Catalan: salsitxa

→ Ladino: sarsicha

→ Portuguese: salsicha

→ Spanish: salchicha

→ Basque: saltxitxa

From Late Latin [farta] salsīcia, ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”). Compare Sicilian sausizza. In Classical Latin, farcimen.


trippa

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Compare Spanish tripa and Portuguese tripa.


arrosto

From arrostire + -o, ultimately of Germanic origin. See there for more.


brasato

it-adj

brasato (feminine brasata, masculine plural brasati, feminine plural brasate)

brasata (feminine)
brasati (masculine plural)
brasate (feminine plural)


brasato

a dish of braised beef (or sometimes veal)


involtino

From involto + -ino (diminutive suffix).

a thin slice of meat rolled around a stuffing and cooked; a roulade


polpetta

From polpa (“flesh”) + -etta, from Latin pulpa.


stufare

it-verb

stufàre (first-person singular present stùfo, first-person singular past historic stufài, past participle stufàto, auxiliary avére)

stufàre (canonical)
stùfo (first-person present singular)
stufài (first-person historic past singular)
stufàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
stufàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
stufàndo (gerund)
stufànte (participle present)
stufàto (participle past)
stùfo (first-person indicative present singular)
stùfi (indicative present second-person singular)
stùfa (indicative present singular third-person)
stufiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
stufàte (indicative plural present second-person)
stùfano (indicative plural present third-person)
stufàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
stufàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
stufàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
stufavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
stufavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
stufàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
stufài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
stufàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
stufò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
stufàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
stufàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
stufàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
stuferò (first-person future indicative singular)
stuferài (future indicative second-person singular)
stuferà (future indicative singular third-person)
stuferémo (first-person future indicative plural)
stuferéte (future indicative plural second-person)
stuferànno (future indicative plural third-person)
stuferèi (conditional first-person singular)
stuferésti (conditional second-person singular)
stuferèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
stuferébbe (conditional singular third-person)
stuferémmo (conditional first-person plural)
stuferéste (conditional plural second-person)
stuferèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
stuferébbero (conditional plural third-person)
stùfi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
stùfi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
stùfi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
stufiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
stufiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
stùfino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
stufàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
stufàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
stufàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
stufàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
stufàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
stufàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
stùfa (imperative second-person singular)
stùfi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
stufiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
stufàte (imperative plural second-person)
stùfino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
stufàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
stùfi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
stufiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
stufàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
stùfino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

→ Portuguese: estufar

From Medieval Latin stupha, perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). Same as English stew.


sugo

Inherited from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-. Cognate to English succulent via Latin. Doublet of succo. Cognate with Sicilian sucu.

ragù

tomato juice with meat and other ingredients


cappero

From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis), from the Arabic: Kabir.

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual

caper (plant Capparis spinosa, and its edible flower bud)


cumino

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: кумин, комин, кимин, кмин

Latin script: kumin, komin, kimin, kmin

→ Slovene: kumin, kumina, kmin, tmin

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).


dragoncello

From dragone (“dragon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

suffix

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual


peperonata

(cooking) an italian dish where the base ingredients are stewed peppers, onions and tomatoes to which other fresh vegetables may be added according to the region and the season of the year


polenta

→ Catalan: polenta

→ English: polenta

→ Finnish: polenta

→ French: polenta

→ German: Polenta, Plente

→ Turkish: polenta


insalata russa

it-noun

insalata russa f (plural insalate russe)

After Russia, the country of origin. Cognate with English Russian salad, Spanish ensalada rusa, Portuguese salada russa, French salade russe, Serbo-Croatian rȕskā saláta.

(usually uncountable) Olivier salad, Russian salad (traditional Russian salad of boiled vegetables with mayonnaise)


cannolo

From canna (“cane, tube”) + -òlo (diminutive suffix).

af

(usually in the plural) cannoli (tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta)


cantucci e vin santo

a dessert consisting of a glass of Vin Santo and a selection of almond biscotti to be dunked in the wine and eaten


cantuccio

From canto (“corner, side”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix).

affix

(usually in the plural) crunchy biscuit made with almonds and/or hazelnuts, typical of Tuscany


vin santo

vin santi (plural)
vinsanto (alternative)

From vin (“wine”, apocopic form of vino) + santo (“holy, saint”).

compound

apocopic form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">vino</i>

(chiefly uncountable) vin santo or any similar wine


cassata

Borrowed from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.


cassata siciliana

it-noun

cassata siciliana f (plural cassate siciliane)

cassata siciliana
cassata siciliana#English


panna cotta

(usually uncountable) panna cotta (Italian dessert made from double cream)


panpepato

a baked dessert containing nuts, spice, cocoa etc.; many regional variations


pastiera

From pasta (“pasta, dough”) + -iera (“-er, -or”).


formaggino

wedge of processed cheese (individually wrapped)


Bel Paese

From bel paese (literary for “Italy”, literally “fair, beautiful country”).


caciocavallo

it-noun

caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)

caciocavalli (plural)
cacicavalli (plural)

From cacio (“cheese”) + cavallo (“horse”), inherited from Old Italian. More likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian casucavaḍḍu (or from dialectal cascavaḍḍu). Doublet of cosacavaddu.


gorgonzola

From the commune in Milan called Gorgonzola.


pecorino sardo

pecorino sardo m (plural pecorini sardi)


pecorino romano

pecorino romano m (plural pecorini romani)

a form of pecorino cheese originally from Rome


piccante

it-adj

piccante (plural piccanti, superlative piccantissimo)

piccanti (plural)
piccantissimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Middle French, whence French piquant.


ricotta

(also uncountable) ricotta (Italian whey cheese)


toma

Probably a cousin of French tome (“kind of mountain cheese”), itself from Latin tomus (“slice, portion”). Compare Sicilian tuma.


caffè americano

it-noun

caffè americano m (plural caffè americani)

an American-style black coffee (a normal espresso topped up with hot water)


caffè corretto

caffè corretto m (plural caffè corretti)

An espresso coffee with a dash of grappa or other liqueur.


caffè lungo

a normal espresso coffee extracted for twice the period


caffè macchiato

caffè macchiato m (plural caffè macchiati)

a normal espresso coffee with a very small amount of steamed milk


caffè stretto

a normal espresso coffee but with less water


pasta e fagioli

pasta e fagioli, pasta fazool (soup made with pasta and beans)


alla romana

Ellipsis of alla maniera romana (“the Roman way”). The origin of sense 2 is uncertain.

ellipsis

calamari alla romana

carciofi alla romana

gnocchetti alla romana

saltimbocca alla romana

trippa alla romana

(cooking) Roman-style; prepared according to the traditional manner of Rome, which involves different ingredients and procedures depending on the food.


pasta con le sarde

a Sicilian dish of pasta served with a sauce containing sardines, anchovies, fennel, raisins, pine nuts and saffron


penne all'arrabbiata

a dish of penne with a sauce of tomato, garlic and chili (that is with arrabbiata sauce)


all'amatriciana

Literally, “at the [way/manner] of Amatrice”

lit

Le vivande preparate di preferenza nelle 725 osterie con cucina sono li gnocchi, la trippa, i supplì di riso, i fagioli con cotiche e i fagioli conditi, il baccalà, la porchetta nelle pagnottelle, l’abbacchio arrosto e gli spaghetti « a tutte l’ore », e, come specialità, gli spaghetti all’ « amatriciana »

1903 September, Alessandro Schiavi, “Il ventre di Roma”, in La lettura, number 9, page 792:

The most prepared dishes in the 725 kitchen-furnished inns are gnocchi, tripe, rice suppli, beans with pork rind, and dressed beans, salt cod, pork roast panini, baked lamb, and "around-the-clock" spaghetti, and—as a specialty—amatriciana spaghetti

A mezzogiorno s’era offerta lei stessa di ordinargli il pranzo alla trattoria di via della Croce. Fettuccine o spaghetti? Al burro o all’amatriciana? Patate o spinaci o indivia cotta o cime di rapa?

1927 June, Marino Moretti, “Il trono dei poveri”, in Il Secolo ⅩⅩ, number 6, chapter 7, page 390:

At noon, she offered to buy him lunch herself, at the bistro in Via della Croce. Fettuccine or spaghetti? With butter, or amatriciana? Potatoes, or spinach, or cooked endive, or turnip greens?

Amilcare per non far cattiva figura insistette con l’oste: "Ma ci avete la vostra specialità... gli spaghetti all’amatriciana." L’oste disse che ci aveva infatti gli spaghetti all’amatriciana e ordinammo tutti antipasto, spaghetti, chi pollo chi arrosto e chi abbacchio al forno.

1954, Alberto Moravia, “La bella serata [The nice evening]”, in Racconti romani [Roman tales]:

Amilcare, in order to not look bad, insisted with the owner: "But you have your specialty... amatriciana spaghetti." The owner said that they did have amatriciana spaghetti, and we all ordered appetizers, spaghetti, some [ordered] chicken, some [ordered] roast, some [ordered] baked lamb.

D’improvviso la porta della cucina si aprì. Prima uscì fuori il grosso tegame sorretto dalle braccia di Adriano, poi il suo corpo. Un applauso lo accompagnò su tutto il tragitto, fino a quando lo posò sul tavolo. «Non dirmi che hai fatto i bucatini all’amatriciana?» disse Maurizio scherzosamente impaurito.

2010, Fabrizio Evengelista, chapter 3, in Supplì in Jamaica, Messina: Centro Studi "Tindari Patti", page 25:

Suddenly, the kitchen door opened. The big pot held up by Adriano's arms came out first, then his body. An applause accompanied him along the entire way, until he put it on the table. "Don't tell me you made amatriciana bucatini?!" said Maurizio, jokingly scared.

(of pasta) dressed with a sauce made with tomato and guanciale, and served with grated pecorino; amatriciana (attributive)

(of a sauce) made with tomato and guanciale; amatriciana (attributive)


guanciale

→ English: guanciale

From guancia (“cheek”) + -ale. Compare Proto-West Germanic *wangārī (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *wangā (“cheeck”).

fatty bacon prepared from the cheeks of a pig


amatriciana

→ English: amatriciana

latte d’avena, tutti i latti più strani del mondo, latte di mandola quello già è commestibile… e… però insomma non è cosa per me, si qualche consiglio… ecco in questi giorni sognavo un’amatriciana!

2021 February, Barbara Morsello, chapter V, in Ibride - L'esperienza del cancro al seno tra mutazione genetica e identitaria [Hybrid - The experience of breast cancer between genetic and identity mutation] (Sociologia e servizio sociale; 3), Rome: RomaTre-Press, 2.1 Stili di vita e alimentazione, page 125:

oat milk, all the world's strangest milks; almond milk, that one's edible at least… and… it's really not something for me; yes, a bit of advice… Well, in those days, I dreamed about a plate of amatriciana pasta!


carbonara

(by ellipsis and by extension) carbonara pasta or, more specifically, spaghetti


alla napoletana

with tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil (of pasta sauce)

(cooking, food) in the Neapolitan style
with tomato and anchovies (of a pizza)


alla puttanesca

(cooking) served with tomatoes, olives, anchovies, garlic and capers; puttanesca (chiefly of pasta sauce)


puttanesca

From puttanesco (“whorish”). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (“stupidity”), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce.


ragù

→ English: ragù

Borrowed from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. See also gusto (“taste”) and its derivations.

der

levate la pelle ai petti di Polleria; ed i nervi, e le pelli alle altre carni; tagliate tanto i primi, che le seconde in fettine assai fine per traverso, aggiustatele in una cazzarola di argento, o piatto, versateci sopra una Salsa, o un Ragù di vostro genio

1790, Francesco Leonardi, L'apicio moderno, ossia l'arte di apprestare ogni sorta di vivande, tomo sesto, page 281:

Skin the chicken breasts, and eliminate the nerves and skin from the other meats. Cut both in very thin, transversal slices, arrange them on a silver casserole, or plate, [and] pour a gravy, or ragù of your liking on them.

Non è difficile preparare un buon ragù.

2009, Giulia Angelini, Elisabetta Fontana, Per il verso giusto: Übungsbuch für fortgeschrittene Italienischlernende, Helmut Buske Verlag, page 196:

Preparing some good ragù is not difficult.

(countable and uncountable) ragù, ragu (pasta sauce)


vongola

Borrowed from Neapolitan vongola, from Latin conchula, from concha. Displaced Old Italian gongola.


frappa

Borrowed from Old French frape, of uncertain origin.

(usually in the plural, central Italy) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings


budino

From French boudin (“blood pudding”), from Vulgar Latin *botellinus, from Latin botellus (small sausage).


bugia

Borrowed from Old Occitan bauzia, from Old Frankish *bausī (“deceit”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bauscia (compare also Friulian bausie, Dalmatian bosca, Old French boisie), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“puffed up, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Dutch boos, German böse, English boast.

(usually in the plural, northern Italy, chiefly Piedmont) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings


cencio

Uncertain: possibly from Vulgar Latin *centium, from Latin centō, from Ancient Greek κέντρων (kéntrōn).

(usually in the plural, Tuscany) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings


ciabatta

→ English: ciabatta

→ German: Ciabatta

→ Spanish: chapata

→ Portuguese: chapata

Of unknown origin shared with Spanish zapato and French sabot and savate and Sicilian savatta. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).

cog

Lasciate lievitare per 50-60 minuti, poi dividete l'impasto e modellatelo in più ciabatte, che porrete sul piano infarinato per 15 minuti.

2004, A. V. Giunti, Voglia di Cucinare Pane, pizze, focacce e torte salate:

Leave to rise for 50-60 minutes, then divide the dough and mold into ciabatte, then place on floured board for 15 minutes.


cialda

Borrowed from Old French chalde (“warm”).


colomba

a traditional Italian Easter cake baked in the shape of a dove


cono

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).


piccione

→ Greek: πιτσούνι (pitsoúni)

→ Sardinian: piccione, piccioni

→ Slavomolisano: pičun

→ Spanish: pichón

Borrowed from Neapolitan piccione, from Latin pīpiōnem. Doublet of pippione.

a pigeon; more accurately the rock pigeon, feral pigeon or domestic pigeon


coppa

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ку̏па

Latin script: kȕpa


adulterare

it-verb

adulteràre (first-person singular present adùltero, first-person singular past historic adulterài, past participle adulteràto, auxiliary avére)

adulteràre (canonical)
adùltero (first-person present singular)
adulterài (first-person historic past singular)
adulteràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
adulteràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
adulteràndo (gerund)
adulterànte (participle present)
adulteràto (participle past)
adùltero (first-person indicative present singular)
adùlteri (indicative present second-person singular)
adùltera (indicative present singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
adulteràte (indicative plural present second-person)
adùlterano (indicative plural present third-person)
adulteràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
adulteràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
adulteràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
adulteravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
adulteravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
adulteràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
adulterài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
adulteràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
adulterò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
adulteràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
adulteràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
adulteràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
adultererò (first-person future indicative singular)
adultererài (future indicative second-person singular)
adultererà (future indicative singular third-person)
adultererémo (first-person future indicative plural)
adultereréte (future indicative plural second-person)
adultererànno (future indicative plural third-person)
adultererèi (conditional first-person singular)
adultererésti (conditional second-person singular)
adultererèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
adultererébbe (conditional singular third-person)
adultererémmo (conditional first-person plural)
adultereréste (conditional plural second-person)
adultererèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
adultererébbero (conditional plural third-person)
adùlteri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
adùlteri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
adùlteri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
adulteriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
adùlterino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
adulteràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
adulteràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
adulteràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
adulteràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
adulteràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
adulteràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
adùltera (imperative second-person singular)
adùlteri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
adulteràte (imperative plural second-person)
adùlterino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
adulteràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
adùlteri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
adulteràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
adùlterino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


marinare

marinàre (first-person singular present marìno, first-person singular past historic marinài, past participle marinàto, auxiliary avére)

marinàre (canonical)
marìno (first-person present singular)
marinài (first-person historic past singular)
marinàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
marinàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
marinàndo (gerund)
marinànte (participle present)
marinàto (participle past)
marìno (first-person indicative present singular)
marìni (indicative present second-person singular)
marìna (indicative present singular third-person)
mariniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
marinàte (indicative plural present second-person)
marìnano (indicative plural present third-person)
marinàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
marinàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
marinàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
marinavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
marinavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
marinàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
marinài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
marinàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
marinò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
marinàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
marinàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
marinàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
marinerò (first-person future indicative singular)
marinerài (future indicative second-person singular)
marinerà (future indicative singular third-person)
marinerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
marineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
marinerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
marinerèi (conditional first-person singular)
marinerésti (conditional second-person singular)
marinerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
marinerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
marinerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
marineréste (conditional plural second-person)
marinerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
marinerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
marìni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
marìni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
marìni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mariniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mariniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
marìnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
marinàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
marinàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
marinàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
marinàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
marinàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
marinàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
marìna (imperative second-person singular)
marìni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mariniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
marinàte (imperative plural second-person)
marìnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
marinàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
marìni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
mariniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
marinàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
marìnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, cooking) to marinade, marinate


cotenna

From a diminutive of Latin cutis (“skin”).


tartaruga

→ Galician: tartaruga

→ Portuguese: tartaruga

→ Spanish: tartaruga

From Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare French tortue, Spanish tortuga.

der

(cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions


profiterole

profiteroles (plural)
profitterol (alternative)

Borrowed from French profiterole. The nonstandard pronunciation with -tt- is due to influence of profitto.


mezzaluna

mezzelune (plural)
mezza luna (alternative)

→ English: mezzaluna


limoncello

From limon(e) (“lemon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

affix

(also uncountable) limoncello (Italian lemon-flavoured/flavored liqueur)


bufala

(informal) poorly done thing; piece of crap


rubino

a form of Marsala wine made from red grapes


battuto

(cooking) chopped onions, carrots and celery


mostarda

an Italian condiment made of candied fruit and a mustard-flavoured/flavored syrup


rosato

it-adj

rosato (feminine rosata, masculine plural rosati, feminine plural rosate)

rosata (feminine)
rosati (masculine plural)
rosate (feminine plural)


ricetta

Turkish: reçete

From Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to receive”).


pimento

Borrowed from French piment, Spanish pimiento, etc. from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigmento.


bevanda

From Vulgar Latin *bibanda, from Latin bibenda, from bibendum.


chiodo di garofano

it-noun

chiodo di garofano m (plural chiodi di garofano)


asciutto

it-adj

asciutto (feminine asciutta, masculine plural asciutti, feminine plural asciutte)

asciutta (feminine)
asciutti (masculine plural)
asciutte (feminine plural)

From Latin exsūctus, past participle of exsūgō, from ex + sūgō. Compare Sicilian asciuttu, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto, Catalan eixut.

riso asciutto

(cooking) not cooked or served in broth or another cooking liquid