arancino

English

Alternative forms

• arancini (from the plural)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arancino, from Sicilian arancinu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹənˈt͡ʃiːnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹənˈt͡ʃinoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

arancino (plural arancini)

1. A baked rice ball, filled with cheese or other sauce, originally from Sicily.

   Synonyms: Italian rice ball, (informal) rice ball

Translations

baked stuffed rice ball from Sicily

• Arabic: أَرَانْشِينِي m (ʔarānšīnī)
• Armenian: արանչինի (arančʻini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 炸飯糰／炸饭团 (zháfàntuán)

• Finnish: arancino
• German: Arancini m pl, ^{(please verify)} Aranzini (de) m pl
• Greek: αραντσίνι n (arantsíni)
• Hebrew: אָרָנְצִ׳ינִי m (aranchíni)
• Italian: arancino (it) m, supplì (it) m
• Japanese: アランチーニ (aranchīni)
• Korean: 아란치니 (aranchini)
• Lombard: arancin m
• Persian: آرانچینو (ârânčino)
• Russian: аранчи́ни m pl (arančíni)
• Sicilian: arancina (scn) f, arancinu (scn) m , arancini (scn) m pl or f pl
• Ukrainian: аранчі́ні m pl (arančíni)

Italian

Etymology 1

From arancio (“orange”) +‎ -ino (adjective-forming or diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ranˈt͡ʃi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: a‧ran‧cì‧no

Noun

arancino m (plural arancini)

1. an orange that has fallen from the tree before being ripe

Adjective

arancino (feminine arancina, masculine plural arancini, feminine plural arancine)

1. of, or relating to oranges
2. resembling the colour/color of oranges; orangey

Related terms

• aranceto
• arancia
• aranciata
• arancio
• arancione
• fiore d'arancio

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sicilian arancinu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ranˈt͡ʃi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: a‧ran‧cì‧no

Noun

arancino m (plural arancini)

1. (cooking) arancino (baked stuffed rice ball from Sicily)

Related terms

• arancina
• supplì

 

Further reading

• arancino on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• ancirano, ancorina, canarino, inarcano