puttanesca

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian puttanesca (feminine of puttanesco, literally “whorish, sluttish”), from puttana (“whore”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌputəˈnɛskə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛskə
  • Hyphenation: put‧ta‧nes‧ca

Noun

puttanesca (usually uncountable, plural puttanescas)

  1. A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.

Adjective

puttanesca (not comparable)

  1. (usually postpositive) Served with puttanesca sauce.
    spaghetti puttanesca

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From puttanesco (“whorish”). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (“stupidity”), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /put.taˈne.ska/
  • Rhymes: -eska
  • Hyphenation: put‧ta‧né‧sca

Noun

puttanesca f (plural puttanesche)

  1. puttanesca sauce
  2. (by ellipsis) spaghetti puttanesca

Adjective

puttanesca

  1. feminine singular of puttanesco (“whorish, sluttish”)

Derived terms

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