minestrone

noun

min·​e·​stro·​ne ˌmi-nə-ˈstrō-nē  -ˈstrōn 

: a rich thick vegetable soup usually with dried beans and pasta (such as macaroni or vermicelli)

Examples of minestrone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For a hearty meal, consider traditional minestrone soup to start, followed by a pasta course of a single ravioli stuffed with ricotta and egg yolk. —Samantha Dimauro, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024

This one has an egg stirred in (think egg-drop meets minestrone meets avgolemono). —Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

Served with spaghetti, Visconti’s famous garlic bread and minestrone soup or a simple salad (a mustardy Italian dressing goes well over greens), the veal’s delicate flavor still somehow managed to seep through. —Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, from minestra "any of various soups or dishes similar to minestrone" (noun derivative of minestrare, ministrare "to provide, serve, dish up," going back to Latin ministrāre "to serve, minister entry 2") + -one, augmentative suffix (going back to Latin -ō, -ōn-, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature)

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

minestrone

noun

min·​e·​stro·​ne ˌmin-ə-ˈstrō-nē  -ˈstrōn 

: a thick vegetable soup usually made with dried beans and macaroni