polenta

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian polenta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pəˈlɛntə/ Hyphenation: po‧len‧ta Rhymes: -ɛntə === 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:polenta. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpolentɑ/, [ˈpo̞le̞n̪t̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -olentɑ Syllabification(key): po‧len‧ta Hyphenation(key): po‧len‧ta === Noun === polenta polenta ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “polenta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === lopetan, pelotan, peltona == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian polenta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ.lɛn.ta/ === Noun === polenta f (plural polentas) polenta === Further reading === “polenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin polenta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poˈlɛn.ta/ Rhymes: -ɛnta Hyphenation: po‧lèn‧ta === Noun === polenta f (plural polente) polenta ==== Derived terms ==== polentaio polentata polentina polentone ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== mais === Anagrams === Lepanto, Platone, pentola, platone, talpone == Latin == === Alternative forms === polentum === Etymology === From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔˈɫɛn.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [poˈlɛn.ta] === Noun === polenta f (genitive polentae); first declension pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats barley meal ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== polentācius polentārius ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Venetan polenta or Italian polenta. === Pronunciation === === Noun === polenta f (plural polentas) polenta === See also === angu fubá === Further reading === “polenta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “polenta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin polenta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poˈlenta/ [poˈlẽn̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -enta Syllabification: po‧len‧ta === Noun === polenta f (plural polentas) polenta === Further reading === “polenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025