romanesco
/ɹoʊ.məˈnɛs.koʊ/noun
romanesco is spelled R-O-M-A-N-E-S-C-O: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, romanesco means “Alternative letter-case form of Romanesco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of romanesco is romanescos.
How many letters and syllables are in romanesco?
| Letters | 9: R-O-M-A-N-E-S-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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; 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 romanesco?
Romanesco appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 romanesco?
- UK /ɹəʊ.məˈnɛs.kəʊ/
- US /ɹoʊ.məˈnɛs.koʊ/
Romanesco has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Romanesco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with romanesco?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as romanesco from its last stressed vowel (/ɛskoʊ/):
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 romanesco
- romanescos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does romanesco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesco.
noun
- 1
Romanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does romanesco come from?
Borrowed from Italian romanesco (“of or pertaining to Rome”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).