Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piccata

/pɪˈkɑːtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: pic-ca-ta
IPA: /pɪˈkɑːtə/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.

noun

A dish of food sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce; or an individual slice of such a dish.

Example Sentences

"Rattle-snake piccata with grapes and figs, old Brown Betty with a yellow wig […]"
"Maybe you've been put off by all the syllables that hang around veal. The saltimboccas, parmigianas, piccatas and scaloppines. Well, it's a ruse. In fact, veal is very simple food."
"“(grunts) Frankie put glass in the piccata and the restaurant comped us, so we got all these chips. Let's hit the casino.” “All right.” “Come on, Nadia. Let's go watch this Rat Pack show with the girls.” “Did you say "the Rat Pack"?” “Yeah, they're good.” “They're here?” “Yeah, yeah, it's the Rat Pack.” “Chips ahoy!”"

Etymology

From Italian piccata (“larded”), past participle of piccare (“to prick; to lard”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: piccata

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

piccatas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce piccata?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɪˈkɑːtə/.
What does piccata mean?: Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
Where does piccata come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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