"minestra" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /miˈnɛs.tra/ Forms: minestre [plural], minestrìna [diminutive], minestróne [augmentative], minestráccia [pejorative], minestrùccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -ɛstra Etymology: From minestrare (“to serve, prepare (as in soup)”), from Latin ministrāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|ministro|ministrāre}} Latin ministrāre Head templates: {{it-noun|f|aug=minestróne|dim=minestrìna|pej=minestráccia,minestrùccia}} minestra f (plural minestre, diminutive minestrìna, augmentative minestróne, pejorative minestráccia or minestrùccia)
  1. soup Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-minestra-it-noun-kBT6yBhN Categories (other): Foods Disambiguation of Foods: 69 31
  2. pasta (boiled and eaten with a sauce) Tags: feminine Synonyms: pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
    Sense id: en-minestra-it-noun-Hfu9XhG5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Cooking Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 27 73 Disambiguation of Cooking: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: o mangi la minestra o salti la finestra (english: beggars can't be choosers; either you eat the soup or you jump (out of) the window) [literally] Related terms: minestraio, minestrare, minestrina, minestrone

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "beggars can't be choosers; either you eat the soup or you jump (out of) the window",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "o mangi la minestra o salti la finestra"
    }
  ],
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          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Manestre",
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    }
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      "form": "minestre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestrìna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestróne",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestráccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestrùccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minestrare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minestrina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minestrone"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "27 73",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "word": "pasta asciutta"
        },
        {
          "word": "pastasciutta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnɛs.tra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minestra"
}
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    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛstra/3 syllables",
    "it:Cooking",
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      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "o mangi la minestra o salti la finestra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Manestre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Manestre"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ministro",
        "4": "ministrāre"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From minestrare (“to serve, prepare (as in soup)”), from Latin ministrāre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minestre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestrìna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestróne",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestráccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minestrùccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f",
        "aug": "minestróne",
        "dim": "minestrìna",
        "pej": "minestráccia,minestrùccia"
      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mi‧nè‧stra"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "minestraio"
    },
    {
      "word": "minestrare"
    },
    {
      "word": "minestrina"
    },
    {
      "word": "minestrone"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "soup"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soup",
          "soup"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pasta (boiled and eaten with a sauce)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pasta",
          "pasta"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pasta asciutta"
        },
        {
          "word": "pastasciutta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈnɛs.tra/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛstra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minestra"
}

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