grissino

Italian grissino, from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪˈsiːnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈsinoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

grissino (plural grissini)

1. A narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine.

• signiors

Borrowed from Piedmontese grissin, ghërsin, diminutive of ghersa (“line, row”), which is ultimately from Latin cratis (“wickerwork, fascine”). Cognate with French gressin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrisˈsi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: gris‧sì‧no

grissino m (plural grissini)

1. breadstick, grissino

• grissineria
• grissinificio

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “grissino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

• ingrossi, signorsì