Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

    Polenta

    поле́нтаpolénta

More definitions
  • a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Cheese polenta has become one of my favorite recipes for family brunches.

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  2. During the picnic, we brought cold polenta cut into cubes as an appetizer.

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  3. Polenta is a typical dish from my area.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
starchy accompaniment to a meal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
starchy accompaniment to a meal:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

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Forms

plural: polentas
Singularpolenta
Pluralpolentas

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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