grattachecca

Italian

(on the right) un carretto della grattachecca – a food truck for grattachecca

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of gratta (“to scratch, to scrape”) +‎ Checca (hypocoristic form of the given name Francesca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡrat.taˈkek.ka/
• Rhymes: -ekka
• Hyphenation: grat‧ta‧chéc‧ca

Noun

grattachecca f (plural grattachecche)

1. (Rome) dessert originatied in Rome, consisting in hand-grated ice flavored with sweet syrup, handed in tall glasses and enjoyed with spoon and straw, usually on the beach. Often compared and confused with the Sicilian granita.

Derived terms

• grattacheccaro

Further reading

• grattachecca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• grattachecca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• grattachecca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana