gnocchi

From Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), related to nocchio (“knot (in wood)”), a borrowing from Lombardic knohha (“knuckle, bone, knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knukô (“bone”), *kneukaz (“tuber, knuckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“knot, bundle”). Cognate with Middle High German knoche (“bone, knot”) (modern German Knochen), Middle Dutch knoke (“knuckle, knob, knot”), Swedish knoge (“knuckle”). More at knuckle.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjɒ.ki/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈnɒ.ki/
• (US) enPR: nyōʹkē, IPA^(key): /ˈnjoʊ.ki/, (humorous) /ɡ(ə)ˈnoʊ.ki/, /ɡ(ə)ˈnɑk.t͡ʃi/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒki, (US) -oʊki

gnocchi (countable and uncountable, plural gnocchis) or gnocchi pl (normally plural, singular gnocco)

1. Italian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.
   • 1978, Nika Hazelton, The Regional Italian Kitchen, M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:

     Dip each gnocco into the flour, shaking off excess. Carefully lower the gnocchi, one at a time, into the simmering water. Cook a few at a time since they must not touch each other while cooking. The gnocchi will be cooked when they rise to the surface; this should take 2 to 3 minutes, depending on the gnocchi.

   • 1999, Thomas Keller, The French Laundry Cookbook, Artisan, →ISBN, page 119:

     Test one gnocchi by placing it in a large pot of rapidly boiling lightly salted water.

   • 2017, Thomasina Miers, Home Cook: Over 300 Delicious, Fuss-Free Recipes, London: Guardian Books; Faber & Faber Ltd, →ISBN, page 159:

     Silky, feather-light and with an other-worldly texture, home-made gnocchi is one of the most spoiling things you can make for someone, yet it is surprisingly simple to put together, especially when just for two.

• gnocchi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Italian gnocchi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjokːi/, [ˈnjo̞kːi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnokːi/, [ˈɡno̞kːi]

gnocchi

1. gnocchi

   Söin gnoccheja lounaaksi.

   I ate gnocchi for lunch.

The Italian plural word has been adopted into Finnish as a singular.

• “gnocchi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /ɲɔ.ki/

gnocchi m (plural gnocchis)

1. gnocchi

• “gnocchi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈɲɔk.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɔkki
• Hyphenation: gnòc‧chi

gnocchi m pl

1. plural of gnocco
2. a dish of gnocchi

Unadapted borrowing from Italian gnocchi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲɔk.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɔkki
• Syllabification: gnoc‧chi

gnocchi nvir pl (indeclinable)

1. gnocchi (Italian pasta-like dumplings made of potato or semolina)

• gnocchi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• nhoque (Brazil)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian gnocchi.[1][2]

• Homophone: nhoque (Brazil)

gnocchi m (invariable)

1. gnocchi