cassata

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).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

cassata (countable and uncountable, plural cassatas)

1. A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits.
2. Synonym of cassata siciliana.

Borrowed from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.

• IPA^(key): /kasˈsa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: cas‧sà‧ta

cassata f (plural cassate)

1. cassata

• cassatella

• cassata siciliana

cassata f sg

1. feminine singular of cassato

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.

• IPA^(key): /kasˈsata/

cassata f (plural cassati)

1. cassata siciliana

• cassata siciliana

• cassatedda

• casata

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsata/ [kaˈsa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: cas‧sa‧ta

cassata f (plural cassatas)

1. cassata siciliana

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