trattoria

trat·to·ria
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/tɹɑtəˈɹiːə/

noun

A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nountrattoria (plural trattorias or trattorie)

plural trattorias · plural trattorie

  1. A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.

    La Granita is a new trattoria on the Upper East Side with a charcoal grill, a rotisserie and a wood-burning pizza oven.

    1995 November 24, Eric Asimov, “A Complete 'Look'”, in The New York Times
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    But Gloria —- an all-but-unspeakably trendy Shoreditch trattoria frequented by style-set types like Alexa Chung and Georgia May Jagger since it opened six months ago —- offers a dollop of escapism for hordes of bright young things.

    2019 September 14, Elizabeth Paton, “A Fashion/Food Blowout in the Shadow of Brexit”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2019

Origin

  1. Italiantrattoria
  2. Italiantrattoria
  3. Englishtrattoria

Unadapted borrowing from Italian trattoria.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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