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gnocchi

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnjɒ.ki/
  • UK, proscribed, sometimes: /ˈnɒ.ki/
  • US: nyōʹkē
  • US: /ˈnjoʊ.ki/
  • humorous, US: /ɡ(ə)ˈnoʊ.ki/
  • US: /ɡ(ə)ˈnɑk.t͡ʃi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (UK) -ɒki
  • rhymes with (US) -oʊki
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Italian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural-normally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dumpling, dumplings

History

Etymology

From Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), related to nocchio (“knot (in wood)”), a borrowing from Lombardic knohha (“knuckle, bone, knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knukô (“bone”), *kneukaz (“tuber, knuckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“knot, bundle”). Cognate with Middle High German knoche (“bone, knot”) (modern German Knochen), Middle Dutch knoke (“knuckle, knob, knot”), Swedish knoge (“knuckle”). More at knuckle.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نْيُوكِّي (nyūkkī) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玉棋 (yùqí) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意大利糰子 /意大利团子 (Yìdàlì tuánzi) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Esperanto: nokoj — pasta-like dumplings
  • Finnish: gnocchi — pasta-like dumplings
  • French: gnocchis — pasta-like dumplings
  • Galician: ñoqui — pasta-like dumplings
  • German: Nocken — pasta-like dumplings
  • German: Nockerln — pasta-like dumplings
  • German: Gnocchi — pasta-like dumplings
  • Hungarian: gnocchi — pasta-like dumplings
  • Italian: gnocco — pasta-like dumplings
  • Japanese: ニョッキ (nyokki) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Korean: 뇨키 (nyoki) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Macedonian: њо́ки (njóki) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Polish: gnocchi — pasta-like dumplings
  • Portuguese: gnocchi — pasta-like dumplings
  • Portuguese: nhoque — pasta-like dumplings
  • Russian: ньо́ки (nʹóki) — pasta-like dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: њоки — pasta-like dumplings
  • Serbo-Croatian: njoki — pasta-like dumplings
  • Spanish: ñoquis — pasta-like dumplings
  • Spanish: ñoqui — pasta-like dumplings
  • Tagalog: niyoki — pasta-like dumplings
  • Ukrainian: ньо́кі (nʹóki) — pasta-like dumplings