trattoria
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹɑtəˈɹiːə/
- Hyphenation: trat‧to‧ria
Noun
trattoria (plural trattorias or trattorie)
- A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.
- Hypernyms: restaurant < establishment
- Coordinate terms: osteria, taberna, taverna, bistro
- 1995 November 24, Eric Asimov, “A Complete 'Look'”, in The New York Times[1]:
- La Granita is a new trattoria on the Upper East Side with a charcoal grill, a rotisserie and a wood-burning pizza oven.
Italian
Etymology
From trattore (“host”), from trattare (“to treat”). Cognate with Piedmontese tratorìa.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ia
- IPA(key): /trat.toˈri.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: trat‧to‧rì‧a
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Noun
trattoria f (plural trattorie)
- small or simple restaurant; bistro
- factory for silk-processing
Descendants
Anagrams
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian trattoria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾatoˈɾia/ [t̪ɾa.t̪oˈɾi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: trat‧to‧ri‧a
Noun
trattoria f (plural trattorias)
- trattoria (small, informal Italian-style restaurant)
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.