piccata

noun

pic·​ca·​ta

pə̇ˈkätə,

-ätə

plural piccatas

: thin slices of meat (such as veal) that are dredged in flour, sautéed, and served in a lemon and butter sauce

Examples of piccata in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crowd pleasers included crispy sushi rice, tuna tartare, spicy lobster pasta, and veal piccata, while all eyes were continually on a dark-horse star of the show that wasn’t even listed on the menu: a large dinner plate-size helping of something mysterious and fluffy. —Freya Drohan, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025

The eggplant or chicken Parmigiana, chicken piccata and chicken Marsala platters all cost less than $20. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025

Frog & Slim 1420 16th St., Suite 300, Sacramento Frog & Slim’s dinner menu includes dishes such as golden beet salad, king salmon and mussel and shrimp piccata pasta, with bread pudding for dessert. —Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025

The Frog & Slim dinner menu, curated by executive chef Christian Viau, includes dishes such as Kobe beef carpaccio, golden beet salad, king salmon, mussel and shrimp piccata pasta and bread pudding. —Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, slice of sautéed veal flavored with lemon and parsley, from piccata, feminine of piccato, past participle of piccare to lard (meat), probably from French piquer, literally, to prick

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for piccata

• agata
• bharata
• cantata
• costata
• ephrata
• errata
• falcata
• mahratta
• regatta
• serrata
• sonata
• stigmata