zeppola

• zeppole

From the Italian zeppola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛpələ/, /ˈzɛpələ/

zeppola (plural zeppole or zeppoli)

1. Any of several varieties of traditional fried pastry from southern Italy.
   • 2009 January 25, Jeff Vandam, “Brio Inside the Brownstones”, in New York Times‎:

     These days it might be easier to pick up a Wi-Fi signal than a rice ball or some zeppole, but what’s nice is that the zeppole are still here: the neighborhood’s old guard has remained reassuringly in place.

• zeppola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zep.po.la/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡sep.po.la/[1]
• Rhymes: -eppola
• Hyphenation: zép‧po‧la

Early 20th century: from zeppa (“wedge”) +‎ -ola (diminutive suffix).

zeppola f (plural zeppole)

1. Diminutive of zeppa: a small wooden or metal wedge
2. (uncountable, colloquial) lisp (mispronunciation of the sounds /s/ and /z/)

   Synonym: sigmatismo (formal)

Possibly from Zeppe, a southern pet form of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as in some areas they are prepared on St. Joseph's Day.

zeppola f (plural zeppole)

1. zeppola (any of several varieties of fried pastry from southern Italy)