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Food in Corsican

Salutu Corsican Learners! 😃

➡ In today's lesson you will learn some vocabulary related to food and drinks in Corsican.

Happy learning!

Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: Family, Days of the week, Sports & Education.

a nutritura - food

Corse	English
u pastu, u ripastu	meal
a sdighjunu	breakfast
a cullazione	lunch
a cena	dinner, supper
a fame	hunger
a sete, a seti	thirst

corse	English
u tuvagliolu	la serviette (de table)
u piattu u piattinu a purtata	l'assiette la soucoupe le plat
a cuchjara u cuchjarinu	la cuillère la petite cuillère
a furcina, a furchetta	la fourchette
u cultellu, u culteddu	le couteau
a buttiglia	la bouteille
a caraffa	la carafe
u bichjeru, u bichjere u vetru	le verre [matière]
a tazza	la tasse
a cuppetta, a coppetta, u gottu	le bol

a bienda, a bivenda, a bebbita - beverage, drink

corse	English
a suppa	soup
u brodu, a broda, a minestra	broth
l'acqua	water
l'acquavita di chjarasge	kirsch
u Sciampagnu	Champagne
u vinu rossu/biancu	red/white wine
a biera	beer
l'alcolu	alcohol
u suchju	juice
l'aranciata	orange juice
a limunata	lemonade
a granatina	grenadine
a menta, a mente	mint
u tè	tea
a tisana, l'infusione	herbal tea
u caccao	cocoa
u cicculata	chocolate
u caffè	coffee
caffè à latte	coffee with milk
u latte pecurinu u latte caprunu	sheep's milk goat's milk

corse	English
u latte caghjatu	fermented milk
u casgiu, u furmagliu, u furmaghju a casgiaghja, frumagliarìa	cheese cheesemaker
u iogurtu	yoghurt
u butiru, u butirru, u butirulu, u butirrulu	butter
a maiunesa	mayonnaise
a senapa	mustard
l'oliu d'uliva	olive oil
l'acetu a salsa cù l'acetu	vinegar
a spezia / i spezie	spice(s)
l'anice	anise
u finochju	fennel
u zaffranu	saffron
u ghjineparu	juniper
u peveru, u pevaru	pepper
u sale (di mare)	salt
l'óvu / óve	egg(s)
i paste, i spaghette	pasta, noodles
i taglierini	tagliatelles
a farina	flour
u pane, u panu a pisticcina	bread [with chestnut flour]
a bastella	fougasse
u paninu, u sandvicciu	sandwich
a pizza	pizza

u dopupastu - le dessert

corse	English
pastadolce, dolce	cake
a torta	tart, pie
u millefoglie	le mille-feuille
u biscottu	le biscuit
a galletta	la galette
a casgiata	cheese galette
u nicciu	la crêpe [à la farine de châtaignes]
a frutta cotta	la compote
a cunfittura [castagnina]	[chestnut] jam
a marmelata	marmalade
u zuccaru, u zuccheru	sugar
u zuccaru di canna	cane sugar
a canna di zuccheru	sugar cane
u mele, u meli	honey
l'amandulata	le nougat
u bumbò, u bombò	candy, sweet
u suchjulinu, u succhiulinu	lollipop
u ghjacciu, u ghiacciu	ice cream
u surbettu	le sorbet
u listinu	le menu
a fattura	bill, invoice
u prezzu, u costu	price, cost
caru, custosu, costosu	expensive, costly
bonamanu, bona manu	tip, gratuity

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