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minestrone

/ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
mine-strone
IPA
/ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/
  • British English: /ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

minestrones (plural)

Synonyms

petite marmite vegetable soup

Rhymes With

pony soni joanie ciccone tassone cirincione viglione cirrincione tony sony toni phony

Questions

How do you pronounce minestrone?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/.
What does minestrone mean?
Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.
Where does minestrone come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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