gnocchi
Italian pasta-like dumpling made of potato or semolinaItalian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.
» Briefly remove the boiling water from the heat and carefully put the gnocchi into it one by one.
Geben Sie vorsichtig die Gnocchi einzeln in das kochende Wasser, das Sie kurz vom Feuer nehmen.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, usually plural, uncountable)Italian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.
Nocken, Nockerln, Gnocchi
ньо́киnʹóki
ньо́кіnʹóki
(Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese
Examples
3 sentencesBriefly remove the boiling water from the heat and carefully put the gnocchi into it one by one.
deGeben Sie vorsichtig die Gnocchi einzeln in das kochende Wasser, das Sie kurz vom Feuer nehmen.
The gnocchi at Benedito's restaurant is homemade.
The gnocchi alla sorrentina at Benedito's restaurant is mouth-watering.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), related to nocchioFrom Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), related to nocchio (“knot (in wood)”), a borrowing from Lombardic knohha (“knuckle, bone, knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knukô (“bone”), *kneukaz (“tuber, knuckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“knot, bundle”). Cognate with Middle High German knoche (“bone, knot”) (modern German Knochen), Middle Dutch knoke (“knuckle, knob, knot”), Swedish knoge (“knuckle”). More at knuckle.
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Forms
plural: gnocchi / gnocchisSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable