panzerotto
/ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/
panzerotto noun: a type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.
Noun
panzerotto (plural panzerotti)
- A type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.
Forms of panzerotto
| plural | panzerotti |
|---|---|
| alternative form | panzarotto |
| alternative form | panzerotti |
| alternative form | panzarotti |
Origin of panzerotto
1960s: borrowed from Italian panzerotto, a derivative of central and southern panza, variant of standard pancia (“belly”), after its swollen shape.
Words that rhyme with panzerotto
Questions about panzerotto
- What does panzerotto mean?
- Panzerotto means a type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.
- What part of speech is panzerotto?
- Panzerotto is a noun.
- How do you pronounce panzerotto?
- Panzerotto is pronounced /ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of panzerotto?
- The plural of panzerotto is panzerotti.
Words near panzerotto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: panzerotto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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