Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osteria

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: os-te-ria
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.

Example Sentences

"And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: osteria

Inflected Forms

osterias (plural) osterie (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

trattoria taberna taverna bistro

Questions

What does osteria mean?: A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.
Where does osteria come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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