Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passoline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pas-so-line
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Small, dark, seedless raisins used especially in Sicilian cuisine, including in savoury dishes.

Example Sentences

"If I'm being more accurate, it's generally passoline rather than raisins and wild fennel rather than cultivated."
"They also add passoline, a type of typical Sicilian raisins, different from common dry grapes because is less sweet."
"I purchased passoline currants (dried black seedless grapes), chick pea flour […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian passoline, plural of passolina, the diminutive of passola.

Questions

What does passoline mean?: Small, dark, seedless raisins used especially in Sicilian cuisine, including in savoury dishes.
Where does passoline come from?: Borrowed from Italian passoline, plural of passolina, the diminutive of passola.

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