Ricotta

See also: ricotta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ricotta.

Proper noun

Ricotta (plural Ricottas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ricotta is the 27604^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 872 individuals. Ricotta is most common among White (95.99%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ricotta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• citator, tarotic

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʁiˈkɔta/
• Hyphenation: Ri‧cot‧ta

Noun

Ricotta m (strong, genitive Ricottas, no plural)

1. ricotta (Italian whey cheese)

Declension

Declension of Ricotta [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ricotta
genitive	eines	des	Ricottas
dative	einem	dem	Ricotta
accusative	einen	den	Ricotta