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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ciambella_marmorizzata_%282424252239%29.jpg/220px-Ciambella_marmorizzata_%282424252239%29.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from Latin cymbula. Compare Sicilian giammella.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ciambella f (plural ciambelle)
- (cooking) ring-shaped cake or bread
- pane a ciambella ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (cooking) doughnut
- any of several other ring-shaped cushions, rubber rings etc.
- teething ring (object designed for a baby or toddler to chew)
- Synonyms: anello dentizione, anello di dentizione
- (mathematics) torus
- Synonym: toro
Derived terms
[edit]- ciambella di salvataggio (“life belt”)
- ciambellare
Further reading
[edit]- ciambella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Categories:
- Italian terms with unknown etymologies
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlla
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlla/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Cooking
- Italian terms with usage examples
- it:Mathematics
- it:Cakes and pastries
- it:Desserts