animella

Finnish

Noun

animella

1. adessive singular of anime

Italian

Animelle di agnello – lamb sweetbreads

Etymology

From anima (“soul”) +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.niˈmɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mèl‧la

Noun

animella f (plural animelle)

1. (usually in the plural) sweetbread (thymus gland of an animal used as food)
   • 1854, Giovanni Vialardi, “Del vitello [The calf]” (chapter 7), in Trattato di cucina, pasticceria, credenza, e relativa confettureria [Treatise on cooking, confectionery, buffets, and related confitures]‎^[1], Turin: G. Favale e c., Animelle alla borghese con salsa rémolade o tomatiche [Bourgeois-style sweetbread with rémoulade sauce or with tomatoes] (section 6), page 160:

     Prendete 4 animelle, sgorgate, imbianchite, fatele cuocere alla stessa maniera come s’è detto al N. 1, e servitele con sotto una salsa rémolade od alle tomatiche […] . Cotte le animelle come s’è detto, si possono servire con qualunque salsa bianca, bruna, béchamelle, purée, ecc. ecc.

     Take 4 sweetbreads—drained, [and] boiled; cook them in the same way indicated in [recipe] #1; and serve them on a rémoulade sauce, or with tomatoes […] . Once the sweetbreads are cooked as indicated, they can be served with any white or brown sauce, béchamel, purée etc. etc.

2. the main moving part of a valve
3. (button manufacture) a levigated button prior to being milled
4. diminutive of anima

Further reading

• animella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• animella in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa