Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portobello

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: por-to-bel-lo
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)

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A village on Otago Harbour, Otago region, New Zealand.

Etymology

In use by 1985. Uncertain origin. Possibly a marketing name; possibly from dialectal Italian pratarolo (“meadow mushroom”), ultimately from Latin pratum (“meadow”). It has also said to be named after Portobello Road in London, which originally led to the Porto Bello House.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: pratarolo, pratum

Inflected Forms

portobellos (plural) portabella (alternative) portabello (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

common mushroom cultivated mushroom table mushroom white mushroom brown mushroom chestnut mushroom cremini crimini

Rhymes With

fellow hello yellow mellow cello 'cello jello bellow jell-o bordello violoncello limoncello

Questions

What does portobello mean?: The large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
Where does portobello come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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