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panzerotto

/ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
panze-rot-to
IPA
/ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.

Etymology

1960s: borrowed from Italian panzerotto, a derivative of central and southern panza, variant of standard pancia (“belly”), after its swollen shape.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/

Inflected Forms

panzerotti (plural) panzarotto (alternative) panzerotti (alternative) panzarotti (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

calzone pizza pocket stromboli

Rhymes With

otto lotto grotto risotto blotto biscotto pasticciotto

Questions

How do you pronounce panzerotto?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/.
What does panzerotto mean?
A type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.
Where does panzerotto come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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