Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risotto

/ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: ri-sot-to
IPA: /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A similar dish made without rice.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time."
"Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season."
"Frankly, if I'm paying £21.50 for a plate of lamb or, as you can here, £50 for a white-truffle risotto, I'll bloody well tell you when I want to eat it."
"Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […]"
"This is one of the biggest chapters in this book because there are just so many vegetables that marry well with rice to make fantastic risotti!"
"a pearl barley risotto"

Etymology

From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: risotto

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/
British English: /ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

risottos (plural) risotti (plural)

Derived Forms

risottolike

Synonyms

italian rice

Rhymes With

otto lotto grotto blotto biscotto panzerotto pasticciotto

Questions

How do you pronounce risotto?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/.
What does risotto mean?: An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.
Where does risotto come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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