different between semolina vs gnocchi

English

Alternative forms

• semolino (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier semolino, borrowed from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, from Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). Compare regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??li?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

Noun

semolina (usually uncountable, plural semolinas)

1. Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling.
2. Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes.
3. (cooking) Ellipsis of semolina pudding

Derived terms

• semolina pudding

Translations

See also

• grout
• grits
• meal

Further reading

• semolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mineolas, simolean, somaline

English

Etymology

From Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), from nocchio (“knot (in wood)”), a borrowing from Lombardic knohha (“knuckle, bone, knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knuk? (“bone”), *kneukaz (“tuber, knuckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“knot, bundle”). Cognate with Middle High German knoche (“bone, knot”) (modern German Knochen), Middle Dutch knoke (“knuckle, knob, knot”), Swedish knoge (“knuckle”). More at knuckle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nj?.ki/; IPA^(key): /?n?.ki/ (sometimes proscribed)
• (US) enPR: ny??k?, IPA^(key): /?njo?.ki/

Noun

gnocchi (plural gnocchi or gnocchis)

1. Italian pasta-like dumplings made of potato or semolina.

Translations

Further reading

• gnocchi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian gnocchi.

Noun

gnocchi

1. gnocchi

   Söin gnoccheja lounaaksi.

   I ate gnocchi for lunch.

Usage notes

The Italian plural word has been adopted into Finnish as a singular.

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ki/

Noun

gnocchi m (plural gnocchis)

1. gnocchi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k.ki/

Noun

gnocchi m pl

1. plural of gnocco
2. a dish of gnocchi

Descendants

• ? Catalan: nyoqui
• ? English: gnocchi
• ? Finnish: gnocchi
• ? French: gnocchi
• ? Korean: ?? (nyoki)
• ? Polish: gnocchi
• ? Spanish: ñoqui

Polish

Etymology

From Italian gnocchi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k.k?i/

Noun

gnocchi n (indeclinable)

1. gnocchi

Further reading

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