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risotto

noun · 3 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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  • General-American: /ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒtəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY2 S AO1 T OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A similar dish made without rice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a pearl barley risotto

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Italian rice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

From Italian risotto, from riso (“rice”).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رِيزُوتُو (rizutū) — food
  • Arabic: رِيزُوتُو (rizoto) — food
  • Chinese Cantonese: 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭 (ji3 daai6 lei6 wui6 faan6) — food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭 (Yìdàlì huìfàn) — food
  • Czech: rizoto — food
  • Esperanto: rizoto — food
  • Finnish: risotto — food
  • French: risotto — food
  • German: Risotto — food
  • Greek: ριζότο (rizóto) — food
  • Hebrew: ריזוטו (rizoto) — food
  • Indonesian: risoto — food
  • Italian: risotto — food
  • Japanese: リゾット (rizotto) — food
  • Korean: 리소토 (risoto) — food
  • Lombard: risott — food
  • Piedmontese: risòt — food
  • Polish: risotto — food
  • Portuguese: risoto — food
  • Romanian: rizoto — food
  • Russian: ризо́тто (rizótto) — food
  • Turkish: risotto — food
  • Yiddish: ריזאָטאָ (rizoto) — food