cassata

See also: Cassata

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, probably from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”). Compare Maltese qassata (“savoury pastry with ricotta filling”), confirming that the use of ricotta cheese is what unites all of the relevant dishes (and hence probably the original meaning).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑtə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

cassata (countable and uncountable, plural cassatas)

1. A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits.
2. Synonym of cassata siciliana

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈsa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: cas‧sà‧ta

Noun

cassata f (plural cassate)

1. cassata

Derived terms

• cassatella

Related terms

• cassata siciliana

Etymology 2

Participle

cassata f sg

1. feminine singular of cassato

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈsata/

Noun

cassata f (plural cassati)

1. cassata siciliana

Synonyms

• cassata siciliana

Derived terms

• cassatedda

Spanish

Alternative forms

• casata

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cassata (“cassata siciliana”), from Sicilian cassata, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsata/ [kaˈsa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: cas‧sa‧ta

Noun

cassata f (plural cassatas)

1. cassata siciliana

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.