minestrone

M3I1N1E1S1T1R1O1N1E1
UK/ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪ/US/ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/

noun

Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.

Similar
petite marmitevegetable soup
OriginItalian minestrone ← Latin ministrō →
UncommonScrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounminestrone (usually uncountable, plural minestrones)

plural minestrones

  1. uncountableusuallyAny of many thick Italian vegetable soups.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsoup made with a variety of vegetables

Similar
petite marmitevegetable soup
Broader
soup
Also see
vegetable soup

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinministrō
  2. Italianminestrone
  3. Englishminestrone

Directly from Italian minestrone, from minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).

More words from Italian, Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian минестро́не
  • минестро́не (minestróne)thick Italian vegetable soup
Chinese Mandarin 意大利雜菜湯 /意大利杂菜汤
  • 意大利雜菜湯 /意大利杂菜汤 (Yìdàlì zácàitāng)thick Italian vegetable soup
Dutch minestronesoep, minestrone
  • minestronesoepthick Italian vegetable soup
  • minestronethick Italian vegetable soup
Esperanto minestrono
  • minestronothick Italian vegetable soup
Finnish minestronekeitto
  • minestronekeittothick Italian vegetable soup
French minestrone
  • minestronethick Italian vegetable soup
German Minestrone, Minestra
  • Minestronethick Italian vegetable soup
  • Minestrathick Italian vegetable soup
Greek μινεστρόνε
  • μινεστρόνε (minestróne)thick Italian vegetable soup
Hebrew מינסטרונה
  • מינסטרונה (minestróne)thick Italian vegetable soup
Hungarian minestrone
  • minestronethick Italian vegetable soup
Italian minestrone
  • minestronethick Italian vegetable soup
Japanese ミネストローネ
  • ミネストローネ (minesutorōne)thick Italian vegetable soup
Korean 미네스트로네
  • 미네스트로네 (mineseuteurone)thick Italian vegetable soup
Russian минестро́не
  • минестро́не (minɛstrónɛ)thick Italian vegetable soup
Ukrainian мінестро́не
  • мінестро́не (minestróne)thick Italian vegetable soup

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with minestrone

sonytonyTonibolognastonytyronenoniJoniphonyabalonebonyoniBerlusconijoaniezambonibaloneycronyyonipallonecalzonemascarponeMaroneyamaronecony
All rhymes →

Anagrams

tominersenintermeson
Cite this entry
APA

minestrone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minestrone

MLA

“minestrone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minestrone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minestrone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minestrone.

Source: minestrone on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.