Etymology

wedding soup

Today it means: An Italian-American soup consisting of green vegetables and meat in a chicken-based broth. Full definition →

Italian minestra maritata
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  1. Italian · calque ofminestra maritata“married soup”
  2. English todaywedding soup

A mistranslated calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”), which refers to the “marriage” of the vegetables and the meat.

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