# polenta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polenta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈlɛntə/
* Hyphenation: po‧len‧ta
* Rhymes: -ɛntə

### Noun

polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)
* Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:polenta.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpolentɑ/, [ˈpo̞le̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -olentɑ
* Hyphenation: po‧len‧ta

### Noun

polenta
* polenta

#### Declension

Possessive forms of polenta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polentani
polentani
accusative
nom.
polentani
polentani
gen.
polentani
genitive
polentani
polentojeni polentaini $^{rare}$
partitive
polentaani
polentojani
inessive
polentassani
polentoissani
elative
polentastani
polentoistani
illative
polentaani
polentoihini
adessive
polentallani
polentoillani
ablative
polentaltani
polentoiltani
allative
polentalleni
polentoilleni
essive
polentanani
polentoinani
translative
polentakseni
polentoikseni
abessive
polentattani
polentoittani
instructive
comitative
—polentoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polentasi
polentasi
accusative
nom.
polentasi
polentasi
gen.
polentasi
genitive
polentasi
polentojesi polentaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
polentaasi
polentojasi
inessive
polentassasi
polentoissasi
elative
polentastasi
polentoistasi
illative
polentaasi
polentoihisi
adessive
polentallasi
polentoillasi
ablative
polentaltasi
polentoiltasi
allative
polentallesi
polentoillesi
essive
polentanasi
polentoinasi
translative
polentaksesi
polentoiksesi
abessive
polentattasi
polentoittasi
instructive
comitative
—polentoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polentamme
polentamme
accusative
nom.
polentamme
polentamme
gen.
polentamme
genitive
polentamme
polentojemme polentaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
polentaamme
polentojamme
inessive
polentassamme
polentoissamme
elative
polentastamme
polentoistamme
illative
polentaamme
polentoihimme
adessive
polentallamme
polentoillamme
ablative
polentaltamme
polentoiltamme
allative
polentallemme
polentoillemme
essive
polentanamme
polentoinamme
translative
polentaksemme
polentoiksemme
abessive
polentattamme
polentoittamme
instructive
comitative
—polentoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polentanne
polentanne
accusative
nom.
polentanne
polentanne
gen.
polentanne
genitive
polentanne
polentojenne polentainne $^{rare}$
partitive
polentaanne
polentojanne
inessive
polentassanne
polentoissanne
elative
polentastanne
polentoistanne
illative
polentaanne
polentoihinne
adessive
polentallanne
polentoillanne
ablative
polentaltanne
polentoiltanne
allative
polentallenne
polentoillenne
essive
polentananne
polentoinanne
translative
polentaksenne
polentoiksenne
abessive
polentattanne
polentoittanne
instructive
comitative
—polentoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polentansa
polentansa
accusative
nom.
polentansa
polentansa
gen.
polentansa
genitive
polentansa
polentojensa polentainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
polentaansa
polentojaan polentojansa
inessive
polentassaan polentassansa
polentoissaan polentoissansa
elative
polentastaan polentastansa
polentoistaan polentoistansa
illative
polentaansa
polentoihinsa
adessive
polentallaan polentallansa
polentoillaan polentoillansa
ablative
polentaltaan polentaltansa
polentoiltaan polentoiltansa
allative
polentalleen polentallensa
polentoilleen polentoillensa
essive
polentanaan polentanansa
polentoinaan polentoinansa
translative
polentakseen polentaksensa
polentoikseen polentoiksensa
abessive
polentattaan polentattansa
polentoittaan polentoittansa
instructive
comitative
—polentoineen polentoinensa :

### Further reading

* “polenta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* lopetan, pelotan, peltona

## French
### Etymology

From Italian polenta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.lɛn.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)
* polenta

### Further reading

* “polenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin polenta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlɛn.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛnta
* Hyphenation: po‧lèn‧ta

### Noun

polenta f (plural polente)
* polenta

#### Derived terms

* polentaio
* polentata
* polentina
* polentone

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: polenta
* → English: polenta
* → Finnish: polenta
* → French: polenta
* → German: Polenta, Plente
* → Turkish: polenta

#### See also

* mais

### Anagrams

* Lepanto, Platone, pentola, platone, talpone

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* polentum

### Etymology

From or related to pollen. Cf. also Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /poˈlen.ta/, [pɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /poˈlen.ta/, [poˈlɛn̪t̪ä]

### Noun

polenta f (genitive polentae); first declension
* pearl barley, peeled-barley, hulled and crushed grain, groats
* barley meal

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* polentācius
* polentārius

#### Descendants

* Asturian: pulientes
* French: polenta, polente
* Friulian: polente
* Italian: polenta
** → Catalan: polenta
** → English: polenta
** → Finnish: polenta
** → French: polenta
** → German: Polenta, Plente
** → Turkish: polenta
* Romanian: polenta
* Spanish: polenta
* Venetan: połenta
** → Portuguese: polenta
* → Cimbrian: pult

### References

* “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “polenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* polenta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* polenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “polenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “polenta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Venetan polenta or Italian polenta.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈlẽ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈlẽ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poˈlẽ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /puˈlẽ.tɐ/

### Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)
* polenta

### See also

* fubá

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polenta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈlenta/ [poˈlẽn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -enta
* Syllabification: po‧len‧ta

### Noun

polenta f (plural polentas)
* polenta

### Further reading

* “polenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10