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ricotta

/ɹɪˈkɑtə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
ri-cot-ta
IPA
/ɹɪˈkɑtə/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pekʷ-, ricotta, recoctus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈkɑtə/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈkɒtə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ricottas (plural)

Rhymes With

gotta mata lotta sonata ata janata plata regatta cotta fatah terracotta renata

Questions

How do you pronounce ricotta?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈkɑtə/.
What does ricotta mean?
A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.
Where does ricotta come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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