pentola

Italian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pinta, alternative form of Latin picta (“painted [pot]”), feminine perfect passive participle of pingō (“to decorate; to paint”), from the custom of decorating crocks and pots by painting them.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpen.to.la/, /ˈpɛn.to.la/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -entola, -ɛntola
  • Hyphenation: pén‧to‧la, pèn‧to‧la

Noun

pentola f (plural pentole)

  1. (cooking) pot, saucepan
  2. (by extension) potful

Derived terms

References
  1. pentola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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