ristretto
noun, adjective
ristretto is a noun meaning “An espresso drink made with less hot water than normal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-S-T-R-E-T-T-O, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ristretto is ristrettos or ristretti.
What does ristretto mean?
noun
- 1
An espresso drink made with less hot water than normal.
adjective
- 1
Poured with less hot water than normal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ristretto
- ristrettos plural
- ristretti plural
- more ristretto comparative
- most ristretto superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ristretto?
Ristretto appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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).
Where does ristretto come from?
Borrowed from Italian ristretto (“concentrated”). Doublet of restrict.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).