stracciatella

See also: Stracciatella

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from stracciare (to rip, to tear up), of ultimate Latin origin, due to the aspect.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌstɹɑt͡ʃi.əˈtɛlə/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌstɹæt͡ʃəˈtɛlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə
  • Hyphenation: strac‧cia‧tella, strac‧cia‧tel‧la

Noun

stracciatella (countable and uncountable, plural stracciatellas)

  1. An Italian soup made by dribbling a mixture of Parmesan cheese and beaten egg into hot broth.
    • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 41:
      ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome. []
  2. A type of Italian milk-based ice cream with chocolate shavings.
  3. Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
    1. (especially) Ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stracciatella, from stracciare (to rip, to tear up), of ultimate Latin origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌstraː.tʃaːˈtɛ.laː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlaː
  • Hyphenation: strac‧ci‧a‧tel‧la

Noun

stracciatella f or m (uncountable)

  1. stracciatella (Italian ice cream)
  2. stracciatella (Italian soup)

Derived terms

  • straciatella-ijs

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strat.t͡ʃaˈtɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: strac‧cia‧tèl‧la

Noun

stracciatella f (plural stracciatelle)

  1. stracciatella (soup)
  2. (usually uncountable) stracciatella (ice cream)
  3. a type of mild-flavoured/flavored cheese made from buffalo milk

Descendants

Polish

Alternative forms

  • straciatella

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian stracciatella, from stracciare (to rip, to tear up), of ultimate Latin origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strat͡ʂ.t͡ʂjaˈtɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Syllabification: strac‧cia‧tel‧la

Noun

stracciatella f

  1. stracciatella (Italian soup made from a mixture of cheese and egg in a broth)
  2. stracciatella (Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings)

Declension

Further reading