different between polenta vs polentalike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l?nt?/
• Hyphenation: po?len?ta
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)

1. Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:polenta.

Translations

Anagrams

• Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

polenta

1. polenta

Declension

Anagrams

• lopetan, pelotan, peltona

French

Etymology

From Italian polenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.l?n.ta/

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

1. polenta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin polenta.

Noun

polenta f (plural polente)

1. polenta

Derived terms

• polentaio
• polentata
• polentina
• polentone

See also

• mais

Anagrams

• Lepanto, pentola, Platone

Latin

Alternative forms

• polentum

Etymology

From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek ???? (pál?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po?len.ta/, [p?????n?t?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po?len.ta/, [p??l?n?t??]

Noun

polenta f (genitive polentae); first declension

1. pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
2. barley meal

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• polent?cius
• polent?rius

Descendants

References

• polenta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polenta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• polenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• polenta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• polenta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin polenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?lenta/, [po?l?n?.t?a]

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

1. polenta

English

Etymology

polenta +? -like

Adjective

polentalike (comparative more polentalike, superlative most polentalike)

1. (rare) Resembling polenta.
   • 1989, New York Magazine (volume 22, number 20, May 1989)

     And polentalike tamales (grits replace cornmeal) can be grilled, along with the sardines, whenever hunger strikes.

   • 2008, Fodor's U.S. and British Virgin Islands

     You can dine on everything from terrific cheap local dishes such as goat water (a spicy stew) and fungi (a cornmeal polentalike side dish)...