nocino

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

nocino (uncountable)

  1. A sticky Italian liqueur made from unripe green walnuts steeped in spirit.
    • 2007 November 22, Joyce Wadler, “The Journey Home: Making a New Life in the Old Country”, in New York Times‎:
      Ask Ms. Paolantonio's cousin Giuseppina Paolantonio, who appears to be in her late 70s, how to make nocino, the walnut liqueur that is popular here, and the recipe begins: On June 24th, pick the walnuts.

Italian
una bottiglia di nocino – a bottle of nocino

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /noˈt͡ʃi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: no‧cì‧no

Etymology 1

From noce (“walnut”) +‎ -ino.

Noun

nocino m (plural nocini)

  1. a childish game in which walnuts are thrown against a pyramid of four other walnuts
  2. nocino (walnut liqueur)
    Hypernym: liquore

Etymology 2

From noce (“walnut tree”) +‎ -ino.

Noun

nocino m (plural nocini)

  1. Diminutive of noce: a small walnut tree
  2. (uncountable) Only used in nocino d'America

Further reading
  • nocino1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • nocino2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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