ricotta
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Vincenzo Campi, The Ricotta Eaters, 1580, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
ricotta
See also: Ricotta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.
Pronunciation
Noun
ricotta (countable and uncountable, plural ricottas)
- A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.
Translations
Italian whey cheese
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.
Pronunciation
Noun
ricotta f (plural ricottas)
- ricotta (Italian whey cheese)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Literally, “cooked again”, from Latin recocta. See ricuocere.
Participle
ricotta f sg
Etymology 2
Noun
ricotta f (plural ricotte)
- (also uncountable) ricotta (Italian whey cheese)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian ricotta.
Pronunciation
Noun
ricotta f
- ricotta (soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese)
Declension
Declension of ricotta
Further reading
- ricotta in Polish dictionaries at PWN