polenta

See also: połenta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

Noun

polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)

  1. Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:polenta.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

polenta

  1. polenta

Declension

Inflection of polenta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative polenta polentat
genitive polentan polentojen
partitive polentaa polentoja
illative polentaan polentoihin
singular plural
nominative polenta polentat
accusative nom. polenta polentat
gen. polentan
genitive polentan polentojen
polentainrare
partitive polentaa polentoja
inessive polentassa polentoissa
elative polentasta polentoista
illative polentaan polentoihin
adessive polentalla polentoilla
ablative polentalta polentoilta
allative polentalle polentoille
essive polentana polentoina
translative polentaksi polentoiksi
instructive — polentoin
abessive polentatta polentoitta
comitative — polentoineen

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Italian polenta.

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

  1. polenta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin polenta.

Noun

polenta f (plural polente)

  1. polenta

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).

Noun

polenta f

  1. pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
  2. barley meal

Descendants

References

  • polenta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polenta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • polenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • polenta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polenta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin polenta.

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

  1. polenta
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