grattachecca

Italian edit

(on the right) un carretto della grattachecca – a food truck for grattachecca

Etymology edit

Verb-object compound, composed of gratta (“to scratch, to scrape”) +‎ Checca (hypocoristic form of the given name Francesca).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌɡrat.taˈkek.ka/^[1]
Rhymes: -ekka
Hyphenation: grat‧ta‧chéc‧ca

Noun edit

grattachecca f (plural grattachecche)

(Rome) dessert originatied in Rome, consisting in hand-grated ice flavored with sweet syrup, handed in tall glasses and enjoyed with spoon and straw, usually on the beach. Often compared and confused with the Sicilian granita.

Derived terms edit

grattacheccaro

References edit

^ grattachecca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading edit

grattachecca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
grattachecca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
grattachecca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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