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Polenta
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Po-len′ta
,Noun.
[It., fr. L.
polenta
peeled barley.] Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.
[Italy]
Definition 2024
polenta
polenta
See also: połenta
English
Noun
polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)
- 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:polenta.
Translations
starchy accompaniment to a meal
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian.
Noun
polenta
Declension
| Inflection of polenta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polenta | polentat | |
| genitive | polentan | polentojen | |
| partitive | polentaa | polentoja | |
| illative | polentaan | polentoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polenta | polentat | |
| accusative | nom. | polenta | polentat |
| gen. | polentan | ||
| genitive | polentan | polentojen polentainrare |
|
| partitive | polentaa | polentoja | |
| inessive | polentassa | polentoissa | |
| elative | polentasta | polentoista | |
| illative | polentaan | polentoihin | |
| adessive | polentalla | polentoilla | |
| ablative | polentalta | polentoilta | |
| allative | polentalle | polentoille | |
| essive | polentana | polentoina | |
| translative | polentaksi | polentoiksi | |
| instructive | — | polentoin | |
| abessive | polentatta | polentoitta | |
| comitative | — | polentoineen | |
Latin
Etymology
From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).
Noun
polenta f
- pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
- barley meal
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “polenta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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