cartellata

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Tarantino carteddàte, Salentino Sicilian cartiddhrate. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar.telˈla.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: car‧tel‧là‧ta

Noun

cartellata f (plural cartellate)

1. (usually in the plural) a Christmas pastry, typical of Apulia, made from deep-fried curly ribbons of dough