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English
Etymology
Italian schiacciata
Noun
schiacciata (uncountable)
- (cooking) A type of crisp and chewy Italian bread, originating from Tuscany.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skjatˈt͡ʃa.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: schiac‧cià‧ta
Etymology 1
From schiacciare (“to crush”) + -ata.
Noun
schiacciata f (plural schiacciate)
- (tennis) smash
- (volleyball) spike, smash
- (basketball) dunk, dunk shot
- (regional, cooking) Synonym of focaccia
- crush, squeeze
- (linguistics, phonetics, rare) Synonym of palatoalveolare
Further reading
- schiacciata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
schiacciata f sg
- feminine singular of schiacciato