Phrase guide

panna cotta

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˌpanə ˈkɒtə/
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noun

Meaning 1

A northern Italian dessert consisting of flavoured double cream set with gelatine, often served with fruit sauce or caramel syrup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian panna cotta (literally “cooked cream”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَانَّاكُوتَّا (pannakōtta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Belarusian: панако́та (panakóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Belarusian: па́на-ко́та (pána-kóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Bulgarian: панако́та (panakóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Catalan: panacota — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Chinese Cantonese: 意式奶凍 /意式奶冻 (ji3 sik1 naai5 dung3) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意式奶凍 /意式奶冻 (Yì shì nǎi dòng) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Finnish: panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • French: panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • French: panacotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • German: Panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • German: Pannacotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Greek: πανακότα (panakóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Hebrew: פָּנָקוֹטָה (panakóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Italian: panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Japanese: パンナコッタ (panna kotta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Kannada: ಪನ್ನ ಕೊಟ್ಟ (panna koṭṭa) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Korean: 판나코타 (pannakota) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Persian: پاناکوتا (pânâkotâ) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Polish: panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Portuguese: panacota — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Portuguese: panna cotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Russian: па́нна-ко́тта (pánna-kótta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Russian: панако́та (panakóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Spanish: flan de nata — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Swedish: pannacotta — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Thai: ปันนาค็อตตา (bpan-naa kɔ́t-dtaa) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Ukrainian: па́на-ко́та (pána-kóta) — Italian dessert made from double cream
  • Veps: pannakot — Italian dessert made from double cream