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
declension of ricotta
singular plural
nominative ricotta ricotty
genitive ricotty ricott
dative ricotcie ricottom
accusative ricottę ricotty
instrumental ricottą ricottami
locative ricotcie ricottach
vocative ricotto ricotty
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