sfogliatella

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noun

A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.

OriginItalian sfogliatella →
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Meanings

nounsfogliatella (plural sfogliatelle)

plural sfogliatelle

  1. A Neapolitan pastry made from puff pastry with a sweet filling.

Origin

  1. Italiansfogliatella
  2. Englishsfogliatella

Borrowed from Italian sfogliatella, diminutive form of sfogliata, singular feminine past participial of sfogliare (“to unfold, to leaf through”), from the resemblance of the pastry's texture to the pattern of unfolding leaves.

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APA

sfogliatella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sfogliatella

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“sfogliatella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sfogliatella. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sfogliatella,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sfogliatella.

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