pentola

Italian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pinta, alternative form of Latin picta (“painted [pot]”), feminine perfect passive participle of pingō (“to decorate; to paint”), from the custom of decorating crocks and pots by painting them.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpen.to.la/

• Audio (una pentola):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -entola
• Hyphenation: pén‧to‧la

Noun

pentola f (plural pentole, diminutive pentolino, augmentative pentolone, pejorative pentolaccia)

1. (cooking) pot, saucepan
2. (by extension) potful

   Synonym: pentolata

Derived terms

• il diavolo fa le pentole ma non i coperchi
• leccapentole
• pentolata

Further reading

• “pentola” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “pentola”, in Enciclopedia Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “pentola”, in Sinonimi e Contrari (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2003

Anagrams

• Lepanto, Platone, platone, polenta, talpone