English edit

Etymology edit

Italian schiacciata

Noun edit

schiacciata (uncountable)

  1. (cooking) A type of crisp and chewy Italian bread, originating from Tuscany.

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skjatˈt͡ʃa.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: schiac‧cià‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

From schiacciare (to crush) +‎ -ata.

Noun edit

schiacciata f (plural schiacciate)

  1. (tennis) smash
  2. (volleyball) spike, smash
  3. (basketball) dunk, dunk shot
  4. (regional, cooking) Synonym of focaccia
  5. crush, squeeze
  6. (linguistics, phonetics, rare) Synonym of palatoalveolare

Further reading edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

schiacciata f sg

  1. feminine singular of schiacciato