ricotta

See also: Ricotta

English

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ricotta

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɒtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɑtə/, /ɹəˈkɑtə/
• Rhymes: -ɒtə

Noun

ricotta (countable and uncountable, plural ricottas)

1. A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.

Translations

Italian whey cheese

Arabic: رِيكُوتَّا f (rīkūttā), جُبْن رِيكُوتَّا m (jubn rīkūttā) Armenian: ռիկոտա (ṙikota) Azerbaijani: rikotta Belarusian: рыко́та f (rykóta) Chinese: Cantonese: 鄉村芝士 / 乡村芝士 (hoeng1 cyun1 zi1 si6-2) Mandarin: 里考塔 (lǐkǎotǎ) Chuvash: рикота (rik̬ot̬a) Czech: ricotta f Dutch: ricotta (nl) m Esperanto: rikoto Finnish: ricotta (fi) French: ricotta (fr) f German: Ricotta (de) m Alemannic German: Ricotta m Hebrew: רִיקוֹטָה (he) f (rikóta) Italian: ricotta (it) f Japanese: リコッタ (rikotta) Korean: 리코타 (rikota) Maltese: rkotta f Persian: ریکوتا (rikotâ) Polish: ricotta (pl) f Portuguese: (Portugal, Brazil) requeijão (pt) m, (Brazil) ricota (pt) f Russian: рико́тта (ru) f (rikótta) Sicilian: ricotta f Slovak: rikota f Spanish: requesón (es) m, (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela) ricota (es) f Swedish: ricotta (sv) c Thai: ริคอตต้า (rí-kɔ̂ɔt-dtâa) Tibetan: རི་ཀོ་ཏ (ri ko ta) Ukrainian: ріко́та f (rikóta) Venetan: puìna (vec) f, poìna f

Anagrams

• citator, tarotic

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

ricotta

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.kɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

ricotta f (plural ricottas)

1. ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

ricotta

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Literally, “cooked again”, from Latin recocta. See ricuocere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈkɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: ri‧còt‧ta

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Participle

ricotta f sg

1. feminine singular of ricotto

Noun

ricotta f (plural ricotte)

1. (also uncountable) ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

Anagrams

• attorci, citrato, ricatto, ricattò

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

ricotta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian ricotta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈkɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Syllabification: ri‧cot‧ta

Noun

ricotta f

1. ricotta (soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese)

Declension

Declension of ricotta

	singular	plural
nominative	ricotta	ricotty
genitive	ricotty	ricott
dative	ricotcie	ricottom
accusative	ricottę	ricotty
instrumental	ricottą	ricottami
locative	ricotcie	ricottach
vocative	ricotto	ricotty

Further reading

• ricotta in Polish dictionaries at PWN