cassata
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, probably from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”). Compare Maltese qassata (“savoury pastry with ricotta filling”), confirming that the use of ricotta cheese is what unites all of the relevant dishes (and hence probably the original meaning).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈsɑːtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈsɑtə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːtə
Noun
cassata (countable and uncountable, plural cassatas)
- A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits.
- Synonym of cassata siciliana
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasˈsa.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: cas‧sà‧ta
Noun
cassata f (plural cassate)
- cassata
Derived terms
- cassatella
Related terms
- cassata siciliana
Participle
cassata f sg
- feminine singular of cassato
Sicilian
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasˈsata/
Noun
cassata f (plural cassati)
- cassata siciliana
Synonyms
- cassata siciliana
Derived terms
- cassatedda
Spanish
Alternative forms
- casata
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈsata/ [kaˈsa.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: cas‧sa‧ta
Noun
cassata f (plural cassatas)
- cassata siciliana
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.