cioppino

noun

ciop·​pi·​no chə-ˈpē-(ˌ)nō How to pronounce cioppino (audio)
: a stew of fish and shellfish cooked usually with tomatoes, wine, spices, and herbs

Examples of cioppino in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Couples can treat themselves with everything from blushing seafood cioppino to chargrilled filet topped with blue cheese. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2024 Mussel toast—a thick wedge of bread spread with aioli and piled high with shelled molluscs and doused in a tomato-tinged sauce—is effectively a bowl of cioppino (there’s the Bay Area, again) minus the broth. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023 Other standouts are the curry mussels with enoki mushrooms and condensed coconut milk broth and the cioppino linguine with housemade pasta and seafood in a delicate saffron broth. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023 For a modern twist on Italian classics, Caffe Boa is a must-visit, renowned for its artisanal and organic offerings—think innovative takes like Sicilian-style cioppino and street corn infused with Calabrian chile. By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for cioppino 

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Word History

Etymology

modification of Italian dialect (Liguria) ciuppin

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cioppino was in 1908

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Cite this Entry

“Cioppino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cioppino. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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