zabaglione
za·ba·glio·ne/ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/noun
zabaglione is spelled Z-A-B-A-G-L-I-O-N-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables (za·ba·glio·ne). It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zabaglione means “A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zabaglione is zabagliones.
How many letters and syllables are in zabaglione?
| Letters | 10: Z-A-B-A-G-L-I-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: za·ba·glio·ne |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 zabaglione?
Zabaglione appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 zabaglione?
- UK /ˌzæbəˈljəʊni/
- UK /ˌzɑbɑˈljəʊni/
- US /ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni/
Zabaglione has 4 syllables, split za·ba·glio·ne in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-zabaglione.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zabaglione?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as zabaglione 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 zabaglione
- zabagliones plural
- zabaione
- zabajone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zabaglione mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zabaglione in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sabayon, zambajon |
| German | Zabaione, Zabaglione, Sabayon |
| Portuguese | zabaione, zabaglione |
| Spanish | zabaione |
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 zabaglione come from?
Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).