biscotto

biscuit

noun bees-KOHT-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'bis coctus', twice cooked — historically baked twice to preserve for long sea voyages.

Also means

Usage Note

Biscotto (plural biscotti) in Italian refers to any dry, crisp baked good eaten for breakfast or as a snack — what Americans call 'cookies' and the British call 'biscuits'. Note that English 'biscotti' specifically means the hard, twice-baked Tuscan style (cantucci) — a narrower sense than the Italian original, which covers the full range of dry cookies.

Examples

"Inzuppo il biscotto nel caffè ogni mattina."

Natural Translation

I dip the biscuit in the coffee every morning.

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