Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zabaglione

/ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
za-ba-glio-ne
IPA
/ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: zabaglione, sabaia, -, *sab-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/
  • British English: /ˌzæbəˈljəʊni/

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Questions

How do you pronounce zabaglione?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/.
What does zabaglione mean?
A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
Where does zabaglione come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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