bruschetta

From Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (“to toast”).

• (UK) enPR: bro͝o-skĕtʹə, IPA^(key): /bɹʊˈskɛtə/
• (US) enPR: bro͞o-skĕtʹə, IPA^(key): /bɹuˈskɛtə/, (nonstandard) /bɹuˈʃɛtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtə
• Hyphenation: bru‧schet‧ta

bruschetta (countable and uncountable, plural bruschettas or bruschette)

1. A light Italian dish of toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, garlic and chopped tomatoes.
   • 2018, Cerella Sechrist, The Way Back to Erin, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     She fished a napkin out of the basket and put the slice of bruschetta on it.

• bruschetta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bruschetta”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• IPA^(key): /bruˈsket.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: bru‧schét‧ta

From brusca(re) (“to toast”) +‎ -etta (noun-forming diminutive suffix).

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)

   Synonym: (Tuscany) fettunta

2. (Tuscany) a soup consisting of olive oil, boiled cavolo nero and toasted garlic bread

From brusca (“twig”) +‎ -etta (diminutive suffix).

bruschetta f (plural bruschette)

1. Diminutive of brusca: a light twig
2. (in the plural) a game similar to the sortition by drawing straws, in which the one who picks the longest (or shortest) stick wins

• bruschetta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Unadapted borrowing from Italian bruschetta, from bruscare (“to toast”).

• IPA^(key): /bɾusˈketa/ [bɾusˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta

bruschetta f (plural bruschettas)

1. bruschetta (Italian bread topped with garlic and tomatoes)

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