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English
Pronunciation
Noun
zabaione (countable and uncountable, plural zabaiones)
- Alternative form of zabaglione
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡za.baˈjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: za‧ba‧ió‧ne
Noun
zabaione m (plural zabaioni)
- (usually uncountable) zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)
- (by extension, usually uncountable) eggnog
Descendants
Further reading
- zabaione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- zabaione in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- zabaione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- zabaione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- zabaióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- zabaione in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- zabaióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian zabaione.
Pronunciation
Noun
zabaione n (indeclinable)
- Alternative form of zabaglione
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
zabaione m (uncountable)
- zabaglione, sabayon (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)
Further reading