zeppola
English
Alternative forms
- zeppole
Etymology
From the Italian zeppola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsɛpələ/, /ˈzɛpələ/
Noun
zeppola (plural zeppole or zeppoli)
- Any of several varieties of traditional fried pastry from southern Italy.
- 2009, January 25, “Jeff Vandam”, in Brio Inside the Brownstones:
- These days it might be easier to pick up a Wi-Fi signal than a rice ball or some zeppole, but what’s nice is that the zeppole are still here: the neighborhood’s old guard has remained reassuringly in place.
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Translations
any of several varieties of fried pastry from southern Italy
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Further reading
- zeppola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zep.po.la/, (traditional) */ˈt͡sep.po.la/[1]
- Rhymes: -eppola
- Hyphenation: zép‧po‧la
Etymology 1
Early 20th century: from zeppa (“wedge”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).
Noun
zeppola f (plural zeppole)
- Diminutive of zeppa: a small wooden or metal wedge
- (uncountable, colloquial) lisp (mispronunciation of the sounds /s/ and /z/)
- Synonym: sigmatismo(formal)
Etymology 2
Possibly from Zeppe, a southern pet form of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as in some areas they are prepared on St. Joseph's Day.
Noun
zeppola f (plural zeppole)
- zeppola (any of several varieties of fried pastry from southern Italy)
References
- zeppola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)