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sfogliatella

sfogliatella noun: a Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.

Noun

sfogliatella (plural sfogliatelle)

  1. A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.

Forms of sfogliatella

pluralsfogliatelle

Origin of sfogliatella

Borrowed from Italian sfogliatella, diminutive form of sfogliata, singular feminine past participial of sfogliare (“to unfold, to leaf through”), from the resemblance of the pastry's texture to the pattern of unfolding leaves.

Questions about sfogliatella

What does sfogliatella mean?
Sfogliatella means a Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.
What part of speech is sfogliatella?
Sfogliatella is a noun.
What is the plural of sfogliatella?
The plural of sfogliatella is sfogliatelle.

Words near sfogliatella in the dictionary

  1. SFMS
  2. SFN
  3. sfnal
  4. SFNs
  5. SFO
  6. sfogliatella
  7. sfogliatelle
  8. SFor
  9. sforzandi
  10. sforzando
  11. sforzandos

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