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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
    Small soft Italian dumplings made from potato or wheat flour.

    Like little soft pillows of dough you can eat.

    We had gnocchi with tomato sauce for dinner.

    She rolled the gnocchi in flour before dropping them in the pot.

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Origin

From Italian gnocchi, the plural of gnocco, meaning "dumpling" or literally "lump." It came from a Germanic word for knuckle or bone.