different between pecorino vs pesto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pecorino, from pecora (“sheep”).

Noun

pecorino (countable and uncountable, plural pecorinos)

1. Any of a family of Italian cheeses made from ewe's milk.

Anagrams

• operonic

Finnish

Noun

pecorino

1. pecorino (cheese)

Declension

Italian

Adjective

pecorino (feminine pecorina, masculine plural pecorini, feminine plural pecorine)

1. (relational) sheep
2. (figuratively) sheeplike, sheepish

   Synonym: pecoresco

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorini)

1. pecorino (cheese made with sheep milk)

Derived terms

• pecorino romano
• pecorino sardo

Related terms

• pecora

Anagrams

• pecoroni, procione

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peko??ino/, [pe.ko??i.no]

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorinos)

1. pecorino

Swedish

Noun

pecorino ?

1. pecorino (cheese)

English

Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin p?ns? (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?sto?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?st??/
• Rhymes: -?st??

Noun

pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)

1. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)

Coordinate terms

• persillade
• pistou

Translations

References

Anagrams

• ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes

Catalan

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

1. pesto

Esperanto

Noun

pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)

1. pestilence

Finnish

Noun

pesto

1. pesto

Declension

Compounds

• pestokastike

Anagrams

• pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pes.to/
• Hyphenation: pé?sto

Etymology 1

From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin p?ns? (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).

Adjective

pesto (feminine pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)

1. crushed, ground, beaten
2. livid, bluish, black

3. pitch-dark, pitch-black

Related terms

• cartapesta
• pestare

Noun

pesto m (plural pesti)

1. (cooking) pesto

Related terms

• pesto alla genovese
• pesto alla trapanese

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pestare

Anagrams

• poste

Polish

Etymology

From Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.st?/

Noun

pesto n (indeclinable)

1. pesto

Further reading

• pesto in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pesto/, [?pes.t?o]

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

1. pesto

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?sd?/, [?p??st?]

Noun

pesto m (uncountable)

1. pesto

Mutation