ziti

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See also: zìtǐ, zīti, žiti, žití, and žíti

English

A stack of ziti
A stack of ziti
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Etymology

From Italian zite or ziti, plural of zita, zito, from a Southern (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word likely from Vulgar Latin pittitus (small, worthless), originally denoting a young boy or girl. See also petty.

Pronunciation

Noun

ziti (usually uncountable, plural zitis)

  1. A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.

Translations

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈt͡si.ti/, */ˈd͡zi.ti/
  • Rhymes: -iti
  • Hyphenation: zì‧ti

Noun

ziti m pl

  1. plural of zito

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

ziti pf (Cyrillic spelling зити)

  1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) to go out, leave, come out, get out, to rise, to be published

Conjugation

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