al dente

al dente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian al dente (literally “to the tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl ˈdɛn.teɪ/, /æl ˈdɛn.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɛnteɪ, -ɛnti

Adjective

al dente (comparative more al dente, superlative most al dente)

1. (of pasta, vegetables, rice, beans, etc.) Firm to the bite, cooked just right.

Usage notes

• Also used adverbially.

Translations

firm

Arabic: (please verify) اَلْدِينْتِي‎ (al-dēnte) Catalan: al dente (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 彈牙／弹牙, 弹牙 (daan6 ngaa4) Mandarin: 耐嚼 (nàijiáo), 有嚼勁／有嚼劲, 有嚼勁／有嚼劲 (yǒu jiáojìn) Dutch: al dente (nl) Finnish: al dente, kovankypsä French: al dente (fr) Galician: al dente (gl) German: bissfest (de), al dente (de) Greek: αλ ντέντε (el) (al dénte) Hebrew: (please verify) אַל דֶנְטֶה‎ (al dénte) Italian: al dente Japanese: アルデンテ (arudente) Polish: al dente (pl) Russian: аль дэ́нтэ (ru) (alʹ dɛ́ntɛ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ал денте Roman: al dente (sh) Swedish: al dente (sv)

Anagrams

• edental, latened

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian al dente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑl ˈdɛn.tə/

• Audio

  (file)

Phrase

al dente

1. al dente

   Synonym: beetgaar

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian al dente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈdɛntə]

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

al dente (indeclinable)

1. al dente

Further reading

• “al dente” in Duden online
• “al dente” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to the tooth”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al ˈdɛn.te/
• Hyphenation: al‧dèn‧te

Adjective

al dente (invariable)

1. al dente

Adverb

al dente

1. al dente

Anagrams

• dentale, tendale

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian al dente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al ˈdɛn.tɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛntɛ

Adjective

al dente (not comparable)

1. (of pasta) al dente

Further reading

• al dente in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• al dente in Polish dictionaries at PWN