Meanings
nounciabatta (countable and uncountable, plural ciabattas or ciabatte)
plural ciabattas · plural ciabatte
- countableuncountableA broad, flat, white Italian bread.
Don't waste day-old ciabatta; slice it and bake the slices to make crostini, which will keep for days and can be used for snacks, canapés, or croutons.
2011, Caroline Bretherton, Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking, page 426Synonyms: ciabatta bread
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA broad, flat, white Italian bread.
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Origin
- Italianciabatta“slipper, bread”
- Englishciabatta
Borrowed from Italian ciabatta (“slipper, bread”). Doublet of sabot.
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Bulgarian чаба́та
- чаба́та (čabáta)a broad, flat, white Italian bread
Chinese Mandarin 拖鞋麵包 /拖鞋面包
- 拖鞋麵包 /拖鞋面包 (tuōxié miànbāo)a broad, flat, white Italian bread
Finnish ciabatta
- ciabattaa broad, flat, white Italian bread
French ciabatta
- ciabattaa broad, flat, white Italian bread
German Ciabatta
- Ciabattaa broad, flat, white Italian bread
Italian ciabatta
- ciabattaa broad, flat, white Italian bread
Korean 치아바타
- 치아바타 (chiabata)a broad, flat, white Italian bread
Portuguese chapata
- chapataa broad, flat, white Italian bread
Spanish chapata
- chapataa broad, flat, white Italian bread
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