polenta
See also: połenta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian polenta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈlɛntə/
- Hyphenation: po‧len‧ta
- Rhymes: -ɛntə
Noun
polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)
- Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:polenta.
Translations
starchy accompaniment to a meal
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Anagrams
- Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpolentɑ/, [ˈpo̞le̞n̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -olentɑ
- Syllabification(key): po‧len‧ta
Noun
polenta
- polenta
Declension
| Inflection of polenta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polenta | polentat | |
| genitive | polentan | polentojen | |
| partitive | polentaa | polentoja | |
| illative | polentaan | polentoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polenta | polentat | |
| accusative | nom. | polenta | polentat |
| gen. | polentan | ||
| genitive | polentan | polentojen polentainrare | |
| partitive | polentaa | polentoja | |
| inessive | polentassa | polentoissa | |
| elative | polentasta | polentoista | |
| illative | polentaan | polentoihin | |
| adessive | polentalla | polentoilla | |
| ablative | polentalta | polentoilta | |
| allative | polentalle | polentoille | |
| essive | polentana | polentoina | |
| translative | polentaksi | polentoiksi | |
| instructive | — | polentoin | |
| abessive | polentatta | polentoitta | |
| comitative | — | polentoineen | |
| Possessive forms of polenta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | polentani | polentamme |
| 2nd person | polentasi | polentanne |
| 3rd person | polentansa | |
Anagrams
- lopetan, pelotan, peltona
French
Etymology
From Italian polenta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.lɛn.ta/
Audio (file)
Noun
polenta f (plural polentas)
- polenta
Further reading
- “polenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin polenta.
Noun
polenta f (plural polente)
- polenta
Derived terms
- polentaio
- polentata
- polentina
- polentone
Descendants
- → Catalan: polenta
- → English: polenta
- → Finnish: polenta
- → French: polenta
- → German: Polenta, Plente
- → Turkish: polenta
See also
- mais
Anagrams
- Lepanto, Platone, pentola, platone, talpone
Latin
Alternative forms
- polentum
Etymology
From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈlen.ta/, [pɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈlen.ta/, [poˈlɛn̪t̪ä]
Noun
polenta f (genitive polentae); first declension
- pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
- barley meal
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | polenta | polentae |
| Genitive | polentae | polentārum |
| Dative | polentae | polentīs |
| Accusative | polentam | polentās |
| Ablative | polentā | polentīs |
| Vocative | polenta | polentae |
Derived terms
- polentācius
- polentārius
Descendants
- French: polenta, polente
- Friulian: polente
- Italian: polenta
- → Catalan: polenta
- → English: polenta
- → Finnish: polenta
- → French: polenta
- → German: Polenta, Plente
- → Turkish: polenta
- Romanian: polenta
- Spanish: polenta
- Venetian: połenta
- → Portuguese: polenta
- → Cimbrian: pult
References
- “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- polenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “polenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “polenta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Venetian polenta or Italian polenta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈlẽ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈlẽ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈlẽ.tɐ/
Noun
polenta f (plural polentas)
- polenta
See also
- fubá
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin polenta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈlenta/ [poˈlẽn̪.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -enta
- Syllabification: po‧len‧ta
Noun
polenta f (plural polentas)
- polenta
Further reading
- “polenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014