risotto

English

Etymology

From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
• Hyphenation: ri‧sot‧to

Noun

risotto (countable and uncountable, plural risottos or risotti)

1. An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

   The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.

   • 2006, Fleur Britten, editor, A Hedonist’s Guide to London, Filmer Ltd, →ISBN, page 84:

     Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season.

   • 2013, Damon Lee Fowler, Essentials of Southern Cooking: Techniques and Flavors of a Classic American Cuisine, Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 78:

     Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […]

   • 2017, Valentina Harris, “Vegetables”, in Risotto! Risotto!, Absolute Press, →ISBN:

     This is one of the biggest chapters in this book because there are just so many vegetables that marry well with rice to make fantastic risotti!

2. A similar dish made without rice.

   a pearl barley risotto

Translations

food

• Arabic: رِيزُوتُو m (rizutū), رِيزُوتُو m (rizoto)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意大利飯／意大利饭 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ faan⁶, literally “Italian rice”), 意大利燴飯／意大利烩饭 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ wui⁶ faan⁶)

  Mandarin: 意大利燴飯／意大利烩饭 (Yìdàlì huìfàn)

• Czech: rizoto (cs) n
• Esperanto: rizoto
• Finnish: risotto (fi)
• French: risotto (fr) m
• German: Risotto (de) n
• Hebrew: ריזוטו (he) m (rizoto)
• Indonesian: risoto
• Italian: risotto (it) m
• Japanese: リゾット (rizotto)
• Korean: 리소토 (risoto)
• Lombard: risott m
• Polish: risotto (pl) n
• Portuguese: risoto m
• Romanian: rizoto (ro) n
• Russian: ризо́тто (ru) n (rizótto)
• Turkish: risotto
• Yiddish: ריזאָטאָ (rizoto)

Finnish

Etymology

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisotːo/, [ˈris̠o̞t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -isotːo
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧sot‧to

Noun

risotto

1. risotto

Declension

Inflection of risotto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative		risotto	risotot
genitive		risoton	risottojen
partitive		risottoa	risottoja
illative		risottoon	risottoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		risotto	risotot
accusative	nom.	risotto	risotot
	gen.	risoton
genitive		risoton	risottojen
partitive		risottoa	risottoja
inessive		risotossa	risotoissa
elative		risotosta	risotoista
illative		risottoon	risottoihin
adessive		risotolla	risotoilla
ablative		risotolta	risotoilta
allative		risotolle	risotoille
essive		risottona	risottoina
translative		risotoksi	risotoiksi
abessive		risototta	risotoitta
instructive		—	risotoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of risotto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative risottoni risottoni accusative nom. risottoni risottoni gen. risottoni genitive risottoni risottojeni partitive risottoani risottojani inessive risotossani risotoissani elative risotostani risotoistani illative risottooni risottoihini adessive risotollani risotoillani ablative risotoltani risotoiltani allative risotolleni risotoilleni essive risottonani risottoinani translative risotokseni risotoikseni abessive risotottani risotoittani instructive — — comitative — risottoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative risottosi risottosi accusative nom. risottosi risottosi gen. risottosi genitive risottosi risottojesi partitive risottoasi risottojasi inessive risotossasi risotoissasi elative risotostasi risotoistasi illative risottoosi risottoihisi adessive risotollasi risotoillasi ablative risotoltasi risotoiltasi allative risotollesi risotoillesi essive risottonasi risottoinasi translative risotoksesi risotoiksesi abessive risotottasi risotoittasi instructive — — comitative — risottoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative risottomme risottomme accusative nom. risottomme risottomme gen. risottomme genitive risottomme risottojemme partitive risottoamme risottojamme inessive risotossamme risotoissamme elative risotostamme risotoistamme illative risottoomme risottoihimme adessive risotollamme risotoillamme ablative risotoltamme risotoiltamme allative risotollemme risotoillemme essive risottonamme risottoinamme translative risotoksemme risotoiksemme abessive risotottamme risotoittamme instructive — — comitative — risottoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative risottonne risottonne accusative nom. risottonne risottonne gen. risottonne genitive risottonne risottojenne partitive risottoanne risottojanne inessive risotossanne risotoissanne elative risotostanne risotoistanne illative risottoonne risottoihinne adessive risotollanne risotoillanne ablative risotoltanne risotoiltanne allative risotollenne risotoillenne essive risottonanne risottoinanne translative risotoksenne risotoiksenne abessive risotottanne risotoittanne instructive — — comitative — risottoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative risottonsa risottonsa accusative nom. risottonsa risottonsa gen. risottonsa genitive risottonsa risottojensa partitive risottoaan risottoansa risottojaan risottojansa inessive risotossaan risotossansa risotoissaan risotoissansa elative risotostaan risotostansa risotoistaan risotoistansa illative risottoonsa risottoihinsa adessive risotollaan risotollansa risotoillaan risotoillansa ablative risotoltaan risotoltansa risotoiltaan risotoiltansa allative risotolleen risotollensa risotoilleen risotoillensa essive risottonaan risottonansa risottoinaan risottoinansa translative risotokseen risotoksensa risotoikseen risotoiksensa abessive risotottaan risotottansa risotoittaan risotoittansa instructive — — comitative — risottoineen risottoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kanarisotto

 

Further reading

• “risotto”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• risotot, roistot, stoorit, torsiot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.zɔ.to/

Noun

risotto m (plural risottos)

1. risotto

Further reading

• “risotto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From riso +‎ -otto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈzɔt.to/, (traditional) /riˈsɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: ri‧sòt‧to

Noun

risotto m (plural risotti)

1. risotto

Descendants

• → English: risotto

Anagrams

• sortito

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian risotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈzɔt.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔttɔ
• Syllabification: ri‧sot‧to

Noun

risotto n (indeclinable)

1. risotto

Further reading

• risotto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• risotto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

risotto m (plural risottos)

1. risotto

Swedish

Noun

risotto c

1. risotto

Declension

Declension of risotto
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	risotto	risotton	—	—
Genitive	risottos	risottons	—	—

References

• risotto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• risotto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• risotto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)