different between easter vs pastiera

English

Etymology

Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.st?/

Adjective

easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)

1. (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:

     In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.

Derived terms

• easterly
• Easter Ross

Related terms

• wester

References

• “easter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from pasta (“pasta, dough”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???

Noun

pastiera (plural pastieras)

1. A Neapolitan tart made from wheat, eggs, and ricotta, traditionally eaten at Easter.

Translations

Anagrams

• aspirate, parasite, septaria

Italian

Etymology

From pasta (“pasta, dough”) +? -iera (“-er, -or”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas?tj?.ra/
• Rhymes: -?ra
• Hyphenation: pa?stiè?ra

Noun

pastiera f (plural pastiere)

1. pastiera (Neapolitan Easter tart)

   Synonym: pastiera napoletana

Anagrams

• apertasi, asperità, aspirate, espatria, espirata, raspiate, ripesata, satrapie, separati, spariate, sterpaia

Neapolitan

Etymology

From pasta (“pasta, dough”) +? -iera (“-er, -or”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?stje?.r?/

Noun

pastiera f (plural pastiere)

1. pastiera (Neapolitan Easter tart)