risotto

B2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /rɪˈzoʊ.toʊ/ UK /rɪˈzɒt.əʊ/
noun Freq #13119

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an Italian dish of rice cooked gradually in stock until creamy, often with cheese, vegetables, meat, or seafood

    The cook stirred the mushroom risotto until the rice was tender.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · an italian dish of rice... Italian rice dish
Word family
Related forms ricearborio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian risotto, from riso, 'rice,' with the noun-forming suffix -otto.

Topics

markdown

Send feedback

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.