minestrone
pronunciation
How to pronounce minestrone in British English:
UK [ˌmɪnəˈstrəʊni]
How to pronounce minestrone in American English:
US [ˌmɪnəˈstroʊni]
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- Noun:
- soup made with a variety of vegetables
Word Origin
- minestrone (n.)
- Italian vegetable soup, 1871, from Italian minestrone, with augmentative suffix -one + minestra "soup, pottage," literally "that which is served," from minestrare "to serve, to prepare (soup, etc.)," from Latin ministrare (see minister (v.)).
Example
- 1. The soup of the day is minestrone .
- 2. I 'd like the minestrone please .
- 3. Well , I 'm not people , was her proud retort . I 'm rosina . Only crazy people don 't want my minestrone .
- 4. No soup , mama said emphatically , it 's minestrone ! She then launched into a long , animated explanation of the power of minestrone : how it cured headaches , colds , heartaches , indigestion , gout and liver ailments .
- 5. Emma : that 's minestrone , is that all right sir ?