Amaretto
pronunciation
How to pronounce Amaretto in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Amaretto in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Amaretto
- Italian almond-flavored liqueur, 1945 (the original brand, Amaretto di Saronno, dates to 1851), from the Italian word for almond (q.v.), which did not acquire the excrescent -l- of the English word. Sometimes confused with amoretto. Amoroso (literally "lover"), a type of sweetened sherry, is attested from c. 1870.
Example
- 1. A famous italian brand of amaretto .
- 2. Bols amaretto is a gold-brown liqueur .
- 3. I think there 's amaretto in those cookies .