🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ザバイオーネ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zabaiōne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Zabaione/ˌzɑː.bɑːˈjoʊ.neɪ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"デザートに温かいザバイオーネとフルーツをいただきました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A light, frothy Italian dessert or custard made by whipping egg yolks, sugar, and sweet wine (usually Marsala) over gentle heat.

    "The chef finished the celebratory meal by serving a warm, freshly whipped zabaione over fresh berries."
  2. 2

    A flavored custard sauce used as a topping for fruit, cakes, or pastries.

    "A rich zabaione was drizzled delicately across the top of the almond tart."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed directly from Italian zabaione, of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly related to dialectal terms for a frothy mixture or named after a saint such as St. Bonaventure (San Giovanni Buono). It entered English culinary terminology in the late 19th century to describe the traditional Italian dessert.

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