tiramisu

See also: tiramisù, tiramisú, and Tiramisu

English

Alternative forms

• tiramisù

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtɪɹəˈmisu/, /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsu/, /ˌtɝəməˈsu/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

tiramisu (countable and uncountable, plural tiramisus)

1. An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.
   • 2021 October 31, Lorenzo Tondo, “Italy’s father of tiramisu dies aged 93”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Numerous variations of tiramisu exist. Some chefs use other cakes such as panettone. Although the original recipe – certified by the Italian Academy of Cuisine in 2010 – was alcohol-free, variants include alcohol such as rum or marsala.

Coordinate terms

(dessert):

• trifle
• bread pudding

Translations

semifreddo dessert

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تِيرَامِيسُو m (tīrāmīsū)
• Armenian: տիրամիսու (tiramisu)
• Asturian: tiramisú m
• Azerbaijani: tiramisu
• Belarusian: тырамісу́ m (tyramisú)
• Bengali: তিরামিসু (tiramiśu)
• Breton: tiramisu m
• Bulgarian: тирамису́ n (tiramisú)
• Catalan: tiramisú m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意大利芝士餅 / 意大利芝士饼 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ zi¹ si^6-2 beng²), 意大利芝士蛋糕 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ zi¹ si^6-2 daan⁶ gou¹)

  Hokkien: ^{(please verify)} thi̍h-lā-mī-su

  Mandarin: 提拉米蘇 / 提拉米苏 (zh) (tílāmǐsū), 隄拉米蘇 / 隄拉米苏 (zh) (tílāmǐsū)

• Czech: tiramisu n
• Danish: tiramisu c
• Dutch: tiramisu (nl) m
• Esperanto: tiramisu
• Estonian: tiramisu (et)
• Finnish: tiramisu (fi)
• French: tiramisu (fr) m
• Galician: tiramisú m
• Georgian: ტირამისუ (ṭiramisu)
• German: Tiramisu (de) n

  Bavarian: Tiramisu n

• Greek: τιραμισού (el) n (tiramisoú)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: טִירָמִיסוּ m (tiramisú)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: tiramisu (hu)
• Icelandic: tíramísú n
• Indonesian: tiramisu
• Italian: tiramisù (it) m
• Japanese: ティラミス (ja) (tiramisu)
• Javanese: tiramisu
• Kazakh: тирамису (tıyramıysuw)
• Khmer: ទីរ៉ាមីស៊ូ (tiiraamiisuu)
• Korean: 티라미수 (tiramisu)
• Lao: ຕີຣາມີຊູ (tī rā mī sū)
• Lithuanian: tirami̇̀sas m, tiramisù m
• Luxembourgish: Tiramisu (lb) m
• Macedonian: тирамису m (tiramisu)
• Malay: tiramisu
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Neapolitan: tiramisù m
• Norwegian: tiramisu m, tiramisù m
• Persian: تیرامیسو (tirâmisu)
• Polish: tiramisu (pl) n
• Portuguese: tiramisu m, tiramissu m
• Romanian: tiramisu (ro) n
• Russian: тирамису́ (ru) m (tiramisú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тирамису̏ m

  Latin: tiramisȕ (sh) m

• Sicilian: tiramisù m
• Slovak: tiramisu m, tiramisú m
• Slovene: tiramisu m
• Spanish: tiramisú (es) m
• Swedish: tiramisu (sv) c
• Tagalog: tiramisu
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ตีรามีซู (dtii-raa-mii-suu)
• Turkish: tiramisu
• Ukrainian: тирамісу́ n (tyramisú)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Venetan: tiramesù m
• Vietnamese: tiramisu (vi)

Further reading

• tiramisu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪramɪsu]
• Rhymes: -ɪsu
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧mi‧su

Noun

tiramisu n (indeclinable)

1. tiramisu (semifreddo dessert)

Further reading

• “tiramisu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.raː.miˈsu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧mi‧su
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

tiramisu m (plural tiramisu's, diminutive tiramisu'tje n)

1. tiramisu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtirɑmisu/, [ˈt̪irɑ̝ˌmis̠u]
• Rhymes: -isu
• Syllabification^(key): ti‧ra‧mi‧su
• Hyphenation^(key): ti‧ra‧mi‧su

Noun

tiramisu

1. tiramisu (dessert)

Declension

Inflection of tiramisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tiramisu	tiramisut
genitive		tiramisun	tiramisujen
partitive		tiramisua	tiramisuja
illative		tiramisuun	tiramisuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tiramisu	tiramisut
accusative	nom.	tiramisu	tiramisut
	gen.	tiramisun
genitive		tiramisun	tiramisujen
partitive		tiramisua	tiramisuja
inessive		tiramisussa	tiramisuissa
elative		tiramisusta	tiramisuista
illative		tiramisuun	tiramisuihin
adessive		tiramisulla	tiramisuilla
ablative		tiramisulta	tiramisuilta
allative		tiramisulle	tiramisuille
essive		tiramisuna	tiramisuina
translative		tiramisuksi	tiramisuiksi
abessive		tiramisutta	tiramisuitta
instructive		—	tiramisuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tiramisu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tiramisuni tiramisuni accusative nom. tiramisuni tiramisuni gen. tiramisuni genitive tiramisuni tiramisujeni partitive tiramisuani tiramisujani inessive tiramisussani tiramisuissani elative tiramisustani tiramisuistani illative tiramisuuni tiramisuihini adessive tiramisullani tiramisuillani ablative tiramisultani tiramisuiltani allative tiramisulleni tiramisuilleni essive tiramisunani tiramisuinani translative tiramisukseni tiramisuikseni abessive tiramisuttani tiramisuittani instructive — — comitative — tiramisuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tiramisusi tiramisusi accusative nom. tiramisusi tiramisusi gen. tiramisusi genitive tiramisusi tiramisujesi partitive tiramisuasi tiramisujasi inessive tiramisussasi tiramisuissasi elative tiramisustasi tiramisuistasi illative tiramisuusi tiramisuihisi adessive tiramisullasi tiramisuillasi ablative tiramisultasi tiramisuiltasi allative tiramisullesi tiramisuillesi essive tiramisunasi tiramisuinasi translative tiramisuksesi tiramisuiksesi abessive tiramisuttasi tiramisuittasi instructive — — comitative — tiramisuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tiramisumme tiramisumme accusative nom. tiramisumme tiramisumme gen. tiramisumme genitive tiramisumme tiramisujemme partitive tiramisuamme tiramisujamme inessive tiramisussamme tiramisuissamme elative tiramisustamme tiramisuistamme illative tiramisuumme tiramisuihimme adessive tiramisullamme tiramisuillamme ablative tiramisultamme tiramisuiltamme allative tiramisullemme tiramisuillemme essive tiramisunamme tiramisuinamme translative tiramisuksemme tiramisuiksemme abessive tiramisuttamme tiramisuittamme instructive — — comitative — tiramisuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tiramisunne tiramisunne accusative nom. tiramisunne tiramisunne gen. tiramisunne genitive tiramisunne tiramisujenne partitive tiramisuanne tiramisujanne inessive tiramisussanne tiramisuissanne elative tiramisustanne tiramisuistanne illative tiramisuunne tiramisuihinne adessive tiramisullanne tiramisuillanne ablative tiramisultanne tiramisuiltanne allative tiramisullenne tiramisuillenne essive tiramisunanne tiramisuinanne translative tiramisuksenne tiramisuiksenne abessive tiramisuttanne tiramisuittanne instructive — — comitative — tiramisuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tiramisunsa tiramisunsa accusative nom. tiramisunsa tiramisunsa gen. tiramisunsa genitive tiramisunsa tiramisujensa partitive tiramisuaan tiramisuansa tiramisujaan tiramisujansa inessive tiramisussaan tiramisussansa tiramisuissaan tiramisuissansa elative tiramisustaan tiramisustansa tiramisuistaan tiramisuistansa illative tiramisuunsa tiramisuihinsa adessive tiramisullaan tiramisullansa tiramisuillaan tiramisuillansa ablative tiramisultaan tiramisultansa tiramisuiltaan tiramisuiltansa allative tiramisulleen tiramisullensa tiramisuilleen tiramisuillensa essive tiramisunaan tiramisunansa tiramisuinaan tiramisuinansa translative tiramisukseen tiramisuksensa tiramisuikseen tiramisuiksensa abessive tiramisuttaan tiramisuttansa tiramisuittaan tiramisuittansa instructive — — comitative — tiramisuineen tiramisuinensa

Further reading

• “tiramisu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• murtaisi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁa.mi.su/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

tiramisu m (plural tiramisus)

1. tiramisu (dessert)

Japanese

Romanization

tiramisu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ティラミス

Polish

tiramisu

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.raˈmi.su/
• Rhymes: -isu
• Syllabification: ti‧ra‧mi‧su

Noun

tiramisu n (indeclinable)

1. tiramisu (Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee)

Adjective

tiramisu (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (postpositive) tiramisu (having a tiramisu flavor)

   lody tiramisu ― tiramisu-flavored ice cream

Further reading

• “tiramisu I”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tiramisu II”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tiramisu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tiramisù, tiramissu

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾa.miˈsu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾa.miˈsu/, /ti.ɾa.miˈzu/

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

tiramisu m (plural tiramisus)

1. tiramisu (dessert)

Further reading

• “tiramisu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌti.raˈmi.su/

Noun

tiramisu n (plural tiramisu)

1. tiramisu (dessert)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tiramisu	tiramisul	tiramisu	—
genitive-dative	tiramisu	tiramisului	tiramisu	—
vocative	tiramisule		—

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiɾamiˈsu/ [t̪ɪ.ɾɐ.mɪˈsʊ]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ti‧ra‧mi‧su

Noun

tiramisú (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜋᜒᜐᜓ)

1. tiramisu (dessert)

Further reading

• “tiramisu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ɾaˈmi.su/
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧mi‧su

Noun

tiramisu (definite accusative tiramisuyu, plural tiramisular)

1. tiramisu

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tiramisu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük