zeppola
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zeppola (plural zeppole or zeppoli)
- Any of several varieties of traditional fried pastry from southern Italy.
- 2009 January 25, Jeff Vandam, “Brio Inside the Brownstones”, in New York Times[1]:
- These days it might be easier to pick up a Wi-Fi signal than a rice ball or some zeppole, but what’s nice is that the zeppole are still here: the neighborhood’s old guard has remained reassuringly in place.
Translations[edit]
any of several varieties of fried pastry from southern Italy
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Etymology 1[edit]
Early 20th century: from zeppa (“wedge”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
zeppola f (plural zeppole)
- Diminutive of zeppa: a small wooden or metal wedge
- (uncountable, colloquial) lisp (mispronunciation of the sounds /s/ and /z/)
- Synonym: sigmatismo (formal)
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from Zeppe, a southern pet form of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as in some areas they are prepared on St. Joseph's Day.
Noun[edit]
zeppola f (plural zeppole)
- zeppola (any of several varieties of fried pastry from southern Italy)
References[edit]
- ^ zeppola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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