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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/

Usage

Inflected Forms

zabagliones (plural) zabaione (alternative) zabajone (alternative)

Synonyms

sabayon

Rhymes With

tony sony pony toni phony tyrone stony bologna bony macaroni joni oni

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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