arborio rice
A northern Italian variety of short-grained starchy rice with a white dot at the…A northern Italian variety of short-grained starchy rice with a white dot at the center of each grain, commonly used in risotto.
» Risotto is made with arborio rice.
Ризотто готовится из риса арборио.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A northern Italian variety of short-grained starchy rice with a white dot at the center of each grain, commonly used in risotto.
Examples
2 sentencesRisotto is made with arborio rice.
ruРизотто готовится из риса арборио. — marafon
Arborio rice is Italian short-grain rice grown in the Po Valley. It's used to make risotto.
ruРис арборио — сорт итальянского короткозёрного риса, выращиваемого в долине реки По. Из него готовится ризотто. — Wezel
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Italian arborio, from Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likelBorrowed from Italian arborio, from Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare English arboreous.
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