ciabatta

Borrowed from Italian ciabatta (“slipper, bread”). Doublet of sabot.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈbɑː.ta/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cia‧bat‧ta

ciabatta (countable and uncountable, plural ciabattas or ciabatte)

1. A broad, flat, white Italian bread.

   Synonym: ciabatta bread

   • 2011, Caroline Bretherton, Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking, page 426:

     Don't waste day-old ciabatta; slice it and bake the slices to make crostini, which will keep for days and can be used for snacks, canapés, or croutons.

• focaccia
• rye
• filone

• panino
• Ciabatta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Italian ciabatta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑbɑtːɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃɑ̝bɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑbɑtːɑ

ciabatta

1. ciabatta bread

• “ciabatta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Of unknown origin shared with Spanish zapato and French sabot and savate and Sicilian savatta. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈbat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: cia‧bàt‧ta
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃäʋätːa/, /t͡ʃäbˈbätːä/

ciabatta f (plural ciabatte)

1. slipper, thong, mule

   Synonym: pantofola

   • 1981, Gregòrio Bezerra, I Giorni Dell Oppressione Memorie (1900-1945):

     Uscii tutto sgraziato, senza equilibrio, perché non avevo mai messo nemmeno un paio di ciabatte.

     I left awkwardly, out of balance, because I had never even put on a pair of slippers.

2. (cooking) ciabatta (flat bread)
   • 2004, A. V. Giunti, Voglia di Cucinare Pane, pizze, focacce e torte salate:

     Lasciate lievitare per 50-60 minuti, poi dividete l'impasto e modellatelo in più ciabatte, che porrete sul piano infarinato per 15 minuti.

     Leave to rise for 50-60 minutes, then divide the dough and mold into ciabatte, then place on floured board for 15 minutes.

3. power strip (block of electrical sockets)

   Synonym: multipresa

• focaccia

• → English: ciabatta
• → German: Ciabatta
• → Spanish: chapata
  • → Portuguese: chapata