gnocchi
[ nok-ee, noh-kee; Italian nyawk-kee ]
/ ˈnɒk i, ˈnoʊ ki; Italian ˈnyɔk ki /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Italian Cooking.
a dish of little dumplings made from potatoes, semolina, flour, or a combination of these ingredients.
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Origin of gnocchi
1890–95; <Italian, plural of gnocco, originally Upper Italian (Veneto), perhaps cognate with Tuscan nocca, nocco knuckle <Langobardic *knohha joint; see knuckle
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Example sentences from the Web for gnocchi
Pasticcio di Maccheroni is an excellent macaroni pie, and Gnocchi di Patele are little knobs of paste boiled like macaroni.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe|Algernon BastardAnd we are going to have gnocchi done in a special way with cheese.
December Love|Robert HichensThen drop the gnocchi one by one into boiling salted water and boil for ten minutes.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste:|Mrs. W. G. WatersThe gnocchi and the olives must certainly have disagreed with me.
Post-Prandial Philosophy|Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for gnocchi
gnocchi
/ (ˈnɒkɪ, ɡəˈnɒkɪ, ˈɡnɒkɪ) /
pl n
dumplings made of pieces of semolina pasta, or sometimes potato, used to garnish soup or served alone with sauce
Word Origin for gnocchi
Italian, plural of gnocco lump, probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German knoche bone
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