noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪ/
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US:/ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/
rhymes with -əʊni
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
soup made with a variety of vegetables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: petite marmite, vegetable soup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soup
History
Etymology
Directly from Italian minestrone, from minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
մինեստրոնե
(minestrone)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Bulgarian:
минестро́не
(minestróne)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Chinese Mandarin:
意大利雜菜湯 /意大利杂菜汤
(Yìdàlì zácàitāng)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Dutch:
minestronesoep
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Dutch:
minestrone
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Esperanto:
minestrono
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Finnish:
minestronekeitto
— thick Italian vegetable soup
French:
minestrone
— thick Italian vegetable soup
German:
Minestrone
— thick Italian vegetable soup
German:
Minestra
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Greek:
μινεστρόνε
(minestróne)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Hebrew:
מינסטרונה
(minestróne)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Hungarian:
minestrone
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Italian:
minestrone
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Japanese:
ミネストローネ
(minesutorōne)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Korean:
미네스트로네
(mineseuteurone)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Russian:
минестро́не
(minɛstrónɛ)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Serbo-Croatian:
минестро̑не
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Serbo-Croatian:
minestrȏne
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Slovene:
mineštra
— thick Italian vegetable soup
Ukrainian:
мінестро́не
(minestróne)
— thick Italian vegetable soup
