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7-letter words (1 found)

POLENTA,

6-letter words (9 found)

ETALON,LEPTON,PELOTA,PLANET,PLATEN,PONTAL,POTALE,TEOPAN,TOLANE,

5-letter words (36 found)

ALONE,ANOLE,ATONE,LATEN,LEANT,LEAPT,LENTO,LEPTA,NETOP,NOPAL,NOTAL,OATEN,OLENT,OLPAE,PAEON,PALET,PANEL,PANTO,PATEN,PELON,PELTA,PENAL,PETAL,PLANE,PLANT,PLATE,PLEAT,PLENA,PLEON,PLOAT,POTAE,TALON,TAPEN,TEPAL,TOLAN,TONAL,

4-letter words (69 found)

AEON,ALOE,ALTO,ANTE,ATOP,ELAN,ENOL,EOAN,ETNA,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAP,LEAT,LENO,LENT,LEPT,LOAN,LONE,LOPE,LOTA,LOTE,NAPE,NEAL,NEAP,NEAT,NOEL,NOLE,NOPE,NOTA,NOTE,OLEA,OLPE,OPAL,OPEN,PALE,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAL,PEAN,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PENT,PEON,PLAN,PLAT,PLEA,PLOT,POET,POLE,POLT,PONE,PONT,POTE,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,TONE,TOPE,

3-letter words (53 found)

ALE,ALP,ALT,ANE,ANT,APE,APO,APT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ELT,EON,ETA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,LOP,LOT,NAE,NAP,NAT,NEP,NET,NOT,OAT,OLE,ONE,OPA,OPE,OPT,PAL,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEL,PEN,PET,POA,POL,POT,TAE,TAN,TAO,TAP,TEA,TEL,TEN,TOE,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,PA,PE,PO,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 191 words from polenta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of polenta

polenta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlɛntə/
  • Hyphenation: po‧len‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə

Noun

polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)

  1. Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:polenta.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolentɑ/, [ˈpo̞le̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olentɑ
  • Syllabification(key): po‧len‧ta

Noun

polenta

  1. polenta

Declension

Further reading

  • “polenta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • lopetan, pelotan, peltona

French

Etymology

From Italian polenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.lɛn.ta/

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

  1. polenta

Further reading

  • “polenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin polenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlɛn.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnta
  • Hyphenation: po‧lèn‧ta

Noun

polenta f (plural polente)

  1. polenta

Derived terms

  • polentaio
  • polentata
  • polentina
  • polentone

Descendants

  • → Catalan: polenta
  • → English: polenta
  • → Finnish: polenta
  • → French: polenta
  • → German: Polenta, Plente
  • → Turkish: polenta

See also

  • mais

Anagrams

  • Lepanto, Platone, pentola, platone, talpone

Latin

Alternative forms

  • polentum

Etymology

From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈlen.ta/, [pɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈlen.ta/, [poˈlɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

polenta f (genitive polentae); first declension

  1. pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
  2. barley meal

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • polentācius
  • polentārius

Descendants

References

  • “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • polenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “polenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “polenta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Venetian polenta or Italian polenta.

Pronunciation

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

  1. polenta

See also

  • fubá

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlenta/ [poˈlẽn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Syllabification: po‧len‧ta

Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)

  1. polenta

Further reading

  • “polenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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