How do you pronounce spanakopita?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/.

spanakopita

/ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: spanako-pi-ta
IPA: /ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/

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Meaning

noun

A Greek dish made with pre-cooked spinach, butter, olive oil, cheese, green onions, egg, and seasoning in phyllo pastry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The same or similar dishes made without cheese.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Soon, she’s toting a tray of miniature spanakopites, wedging it between groups of men and women who all seem to have arrived at once, as if they’ve been brought in a chartered bus to populate the house, to form a small privileged nation."
"They laughed and enjoyed baking bread, buns and spanakopites (her Mama taught her the art of making filo pastry)."
"Bowls of melitzanosalata and tzatziki had been laid out, platters of spanakopita, meatballs, tiropitas, and two bottles of wine."
"A large order today, he’d said. Mrs Yiasoumi had a delicate stomach and could hardly get out of bed, so he’d take five of her freshest spanakopites."

Etymology

Modern Greek σπανακόπιτα (spanakópita), from σπανάκι (spanáki, “spinach”) + -ό- (-ó-, linking vowel) + πίτα (píta, “pie”). Usually short for σπανακοτυρόπιτα (spanakotyrópita, “spanakotiropita, spinach and cheese pie”), from same as above and τυρί (tyrí, “cheese”).

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Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

spanakopitas (plural) spanakopites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pita