minestrone
/ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/noun
minestrone is spelled M-I-N-E-S-T-R-O-N-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, minestrone means “Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of minestrone is minestrones.
How many letters and syllables are in minestrone?
| Letters | 10: M-I-N-E-S-T-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is minestrone?
Minestrone appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce minestrone?
- UK /ˌmɪnɪˈstɹəʊnɪ/
- US /ˌmɪnəˈstɹoʊni/
Minestrone has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-minestrone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with minestrone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as minestrone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊni/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of minestrone
- minestrones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does minestrone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Minestrone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thick Italian vegetable soup:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | minestrone |
| German | Minestrone, Minestra |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does minestrone come from?
Directly from Italian minestrone, from minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).