pastina

English

Etymology

From Italian pastina.

Noun

pastina (plural pastinas or pastine)

1. A small piece of pasta used in soups etc.

Italian

Etymology

From pasta +‎ -ina (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈsti.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pa‧stì‧na

Noun

pastina f (plural pastine)

1. small piece of pasta used in soups etc.

Further reading

• pastina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• panasti, spanati, spianta, spinata

Latin

Verb

pastinā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pastinō

References

• pastina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)