Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sfogliatella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sfogli-atel-la
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sfogliatella, diminutive form of sfogliata, singular feminine past participial of sfogliare (“to unfold, to leaf through”), from the resemblance of the pastry's texture to the pattern of unfolding leaves.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: *bʰleh₃-, sfogliatella

Inflected Forms

sfogliatelle (plural)

Questions

What does sfogliatella mean?: A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.
Where does sfogliatella come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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