grissino
English
Etymology
Italian grissino, from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɪˈsiːnəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈsinoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Noun
grissino (plural grissini)
- A narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine.
Anagrams
- signiors
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”), which is ultimately from Latin cratis (“wickerwork, fascine”). Cognate with French gressin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrisˈsi.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: gris‧sì‧no
Noun
grissino m (plural grissini)
- breadstick, grissino
Derived terms
- grissineria
- grissinificio
Descendants
Descendants
- → French: grissini
- → German: Grissini
- → Greek: κριτσίνι (kritsíni)
- → Hebrew: גריסיני (grisíni)
- → Japanese: グリッシーニ (gurisshīni)
- → Polish: grissini
- → Portuguese: gressino
- → Russian: грисси́ни (grissíni)
- → Serbo-Croatian: гриси́ни, grisíni
- → Spanish: grisín
Further reading
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “grissino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Anagrams
- ingrossi, signorsì