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wedding soup en · NOUN

Etymology

A mistranslated calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”), which refers to the “marriage” of the vegetables and the meat.

Meanings

  1. (US, countable, uncountable) An Italian-American soup consisting of green vegetables and meat in a chicken-based broth.
    • You have probably heard of wedding soup, an Italian-American favorite that gets its name not because it is served at weddings, but because it is a marriage of meat (in the form of tiny meatballs) and vegetables […] 2013, Ellie Krieger, Weeknight Wonders: Delicious Healthy Dishes in 30 Minutes, →ISBN:
    • [The] shopper creates a version of wedding soup and incorporates beans into the mix to allow for extra protein. 2013, Kristen Homan, Money in the Kitchen, →ISBN:
    • This was his second helping and he'd already eaten three slices of bread, a salad, and a cup of wedding soup. 2014, Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Fall, →ISBN:

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Synonyms

Italian wedding soup