Meanings
nounstracciatella (countable and uncountable, plural stracciatellas)
plural stracciatellas
- countableuncountableAn Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring.
‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 41 - countableuncountableAny of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisespeciallyuncountableEllipsis of stracciatella di bufala.
Origin
- Italianstracciato
- Italianstracciatella
- Englishstracciatella
Borrowed from Italian stracciatella, from stracciare (“to rip, to tear up”), of ultimate Latin origin. For further information, see the Italian entry.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian страчатела, страчатела
- страчатела (stračatela)type of Italian egg-based soup
- страчатела (stračatela)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Catalan stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Chinese Mandarin 奶酪蛋花湯 /奶酪蛋花汤, 奶酪可可碎冰激凌
- 奶酪蛋花湯 /奶酪蛋花汤 (nǎilàodànhuātāng)type of Italian egg-based soup
- 奶酪可可碎冰激凌 (nǎilàokěkěsuì)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Czech stračatela, stračatela
- stračatelatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stračatelatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Dutch stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
French stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
German Stracciatella, Stracciatella
- Stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- Stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Greek στρατσιατέλα, στρατσιατέλα
- στρατσιατέλα (stratsiatéla)type of Italian egg-based soup
- στρατσιατέλα (stratsiatéla)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Italian stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Japanese ストラッチャテッラ, ストラッチャテッラ
- ストラッチャテッラ (sutoratchaterra)type of Italian egg-based soup
- ストラッチャテッラ (sutoratchaterra)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Korean 스트라차텔라, 스트라차텔라
- 스트라차텔라 (seuteurachatella)type of Italian egg-based soup
- 스트라차텔라 (seuteurachatella)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Polish stracciatella, straciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- straciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
- straciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Portuguese stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Russian страччате́лла, страчате́лла
- страччате́лла (straččatélla)type of Italian egg-based soup
- страчате́лла (stračatélla)type of Italian egg-based soup
- страччате́лла (straččatélla)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
- страчате́лла (stračatélla)type of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Spanish stracciatella, stracciatella
- stracciatellatype of Italian egg-based soup
- stracciatellatype of Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stracciatella
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
stracciatella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stracciatella
MLA
“stracciatella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stracciatella. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stracciatella,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stracciatella.
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