risotto

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US/ɹɪˈzoʊtoʊ/UK/ɹɪˈzɒtəʊ/

noun

An Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

“a pearl barley risotto”

Similar
Italian rice
Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounrisotto (countable and uncountable, plural risottos or risotti)

plural risottos · plural risotti

  1. countableuncountableAn Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients.

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

    4 more examples

    Risotti are another Alvaro passion, and there’s a different special each week, as well as a legendary strawberry risotto in season.

    2006, Fleur Britten, editor, A Hedonist’s Guide to London, Filmer Ltd, →ISBN, page 84

    Frankly, if I'm paying £21.50 for a plate of lamb or, as you can here, £50 for a white-truffle risotto, I'll bloody well tell you when I want to eat it.

    2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN

    Risotti are made with fat, short-grain rice; […]

    2013, Damon Lee Fowler, Essentials of Southern Cooking: Techniques and Flavors of a Classic American Cuisine, Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 78

    This is one of the biggest chapters in this book because there are just so many vegetables that marry well with rice to make fantastic risotti!

    2017, Valentina Harris, “Vegetables”, in Risotto! Risotto!, Absolute Press, →ISBN
  2. countableuncountableA similar dish made without rice.

    a pearl barley risotto

Synonyms & antonyms

nounrice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese

Similar
Italian rice
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianrisotto
  2. Englishrisotto

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

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Translations

Arabic رِيزُوتُو, رِيزُوتُو
  • رِيزُوتُو (rizutū)food
  • رِيزُوتُو (rizoto)food
Chinese Cantonese 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭
  • 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
  • 意大利燴飯 /意大利烩饭 (Yìdàlì huìfàn)food
Czech rizoto
  • rizotofood
Esperanto rizoto
  • rizotofood
Finnish risotto
  • risottofood
French risotto
  • risottofood
German Risotto
  • Risottofood
Greek ριζότο
  • ριζότο (rizóto)food
Hebrew ריזוטו
  • ריזוטו (rizoto)food
Indonesian risoto
  • risotofood
Italian risotto
  • risottofood
Japanese リゾット
  • リゾット (rizotto)food
Korean 리소토
  • 리소토 (risoto)food
Polish risotto
  • risottofood
Portuguese risoto
  • risotofood
Romanian rizoto
  • rizotofood
Russian ризо́тто
  • ризо́тто (rizótto)food
Turkish risotto
  • risottofood
Yiddish ריזאָטאָ
  • ריזאָטאָ (rizoto)food

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with risotto

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Cite this entry
APA

risotto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risotto

MLA

“risotto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risotto. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risotto,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risotto.

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