bruschetta

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English

Etymology

From Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (to toast).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: bro͝o-skĕtʹə, IPA(key): /bɹʊˈskɛtə/
  • (US) enPR: bro͞o-skĕtʹə, IPA(key): /bɹuˈskɛtə/, /bɹuˈʃɛtə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə
  • Hyphenation: bru‧schet‧ta

Noun

bruschetta (countable and uncountable, plural bruschettas or bruschette)

  1. A light Italian dish of toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, garlic and chopped tomatoes.
    • 2018, Cerella Sechrist, The Way Back to Erin, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      She fished a napkin out of the basket and put the slice of bruschetta on it.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bruschetta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈskɛ.taː/, /bryˈʃɛ.taː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: brus‧chet‧ta

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschetta's)

  1. bruschetta

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈsket.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: bru‧schét‧ta

Etymology 1

From brusca(re) (to toast) +‎ -etta (noun-forming diminutive suffix).

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

  1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)
    Synonym: (Tuscany) fettunta
  2. (Tuscany) a soup consisting of olive oil, boiled cavolo nero and toasted garlic bread

Etymology 2

From brusca (twig) +‎ -etta (diminutive suffix).

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

  1. diminutive of brusca: a light twig
  2. (in the plural) a game similar to the sortition by drawing straws, in which the one who picks the longest (or shortest) stick wins

Further reading

Spanish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (to toast).

Pronunciation

Noun

bruschetta f (plural bruschettas)

  1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.