fanouropita
fanouropita noun: a Greek oil-based sweet cake, traditionally Lenten and served on Saint Phanourios’ feast day on August 27, not containing any butter or eggs so that it can be eaten on holy fasting days.
Noun
fanouropita (countable and uncountable, plural fanouropitas or fanouropites)
- A Greek oil-based sweet cake, traditionally Lenten and served on Saint Phanourios’ feast day on August 27, not containing any butter or eggs so that it can be eaten on holy fasting days.
- By common consent, Kyria Rena makes an extremely delicious fanouropita. […] Here, therefore, is the way to make fanouropita which, as she used to say, has to consist of 7 ingredients.2007, Tina Zisimou, translated by Jill Pittinger, Rhodes, Rethymno: Mediterraneo Editions, →ISBN, page 78
- The parked cars stretched for kilometers in each direction. Next to them – on the highway – walked families of the faitful, carrying fanouropites (cakes dedicated to the saint) and candles taller than a tall man, pushing baby strollers or wheelchairs, all hoping that the saint would give them what...2009 September 7, Nikos Konstandaras, “Saints, fines and elections”, in Kathimerini, English edition, number 27,267, Athens, →OCLC, page 1, columns 3–4
Examples of fanouropita in a sentence
- [T]hey cook fanouropita, a cake exchanged for the guarantee to track down lost items under the auspices of St.2018, Katerina Tsemperlidou, translated by Alexandra Kalapothaki, Greek Women Are Goddesses: A Modern Love Story That Highlights the...
- Traditionally, on the eve of the St Fanourios’ feast day, a fanouropita is baked and taken to church for blessing at the Great Vespers, the evening service, in honour of the saint.2021 August 26, Andriana Simos, “St Fanourios, the traditional fanouropita and our favourite recipe”, in The Greek Herald, Sydney, N.S.W....
Forms of fanouropita
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| plural | fanouropites |
Origin of fanouropita
From Greek φανουρόπιτα (fanourópita), from Φανούριος (Fanoúrios, “Saint Phanourios”) + -ό- (-ó-, linking vowel) + πίτα (píta, “pita, pie”).
Questions about fanouropita
- What does fanouropita mean?
- Fanouropita means a Greek oil-based sweet cake, traditionally Lenten and served on Saint Phanourios’ feast day on August 27, not containing any butter or eggs so that it can be eaten on holy fasting days.
- How do you use fanouropita in a sentence?
- [T]hey cook fanouropita, a cake exchanged for the guarantee to track down lost items under the auspices of St.
- What part of speech is fanouropita?
- Fanouropita is a noun.
- What is the plural of fanouropita?
- The plural of fanouropita is fanouropitas.
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