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gnocchi

noun
NYOH-kee/ˈnjoʊ.ki/UKNYO-kee/ˈnjɒ.ki/NYOK-ee

Pluralgnocchis

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A soft Italian dumpling made from potato or semolina, served much like pasta.

    The chef tossed the gnocchi in browned butter and crisped sage leaves.

    Good homemade gnocchi should be light and pillowy, never dense or gummy.

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Origin

From Italian gnocchi, the plural of gnocco ("dumpling," literally "lump"), related to nocchio ("knot in wood"). It was borrowed from Lombardic knohha ("knuckle, bone, knot"), from Proto-Germanic *knukô ("bone") and *kneukaz ("tuber, knuckle"), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- ("knot, bundle"), making it related to the English word knuckle.