ricotta

See also: Ricotta

English

Vincenzo Campi, The Ricotta Eaters, 1580, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɒtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɑtə/, /ɹəˈkɑtə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtə

Noun

ricotta (countable and uncountable, plural ricottas)

  1. A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.kɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

ricotta f (plural ricottas)

  1. ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

Italian

Etymology

Literally “cooked again”, from Latin recocta. See ricuocere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈkɔt.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtta
  • Hyphenation: ri‧còt‧ta

Participle

ricotta

  1. feminine singular of ricotto

Noun

ricotta f (plural ricotte)

  1. (also uncountable) ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʲiˈkɔt.ta/

Noun

ricotta f

  1. ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

Declension

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