Reference reading
broo sket tuh
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How to pronounce bruschetta
Bruschetta is pronounced broo-SKET-uh, with a hard "sk" as in Italian. Broo-SHET-uh is a dictionary-accepted English variant.
bruschetta
- IPA
- /bruˈsketə/
- Say it like
- broo-SKET-uh
brooSKETuh
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Same stress in both. American speech often reduces the first vowel to bruh-SKET-uh. Collins (UK) and US dictionaries also list broo-SHET-uh.
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bruschetta
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In a sentence
先上一份 bruschetta。
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COMMON MISTAKES
How people get bruschetta wrong
Often heard
broo-SHET-uh
Reading "sch" as "sh", as in German words like schnitzel. English dictionaries accept this form, but in Italian "sch" is always "sk".
Saybroo-SKET-uh
Often heard
broh-SHET
Mixing it up with French brochette, a skewer of grilled meat. Bruschetta is Italian toasted bread and keeps its final "uh" syllable.
Saybroo-SKET-uh
Often heard
BROO-sket-uh
Stressing the first syllable. The stress belongs on the middle syllable, SKET, just as it does in Italian.
Saybroo-SKET-uh
IN A SENTENCE
Hear bruschetta in a sentence
We started dinner with tomato and basil bruschetta.
Rub the toasted bread with garlic before you top the bruschetta.
In Italy, bruschetta is often just grilled bread with olive oil and salt.
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What is bruschetta?
Bruschetta is an Italian antipasto: slices of rustic bread grilled or toasted, rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with salt. Outside Italy it is best known topped with chopped tomatoes and basil, but toppings range from mushrooms to cheese or cured ham. In Italian the plural is bruschette.
The word is Italian, from the dialect verb bruscare, "to toast" or "to roast over coals", plus the diminutive ending -etta; Etymonline dates its first English use to 1967. Because it is Italian, the spelling follows Italian rules: "sch" before e or i stands for a hard "sk", the same as in scherzo.
The Italian pronunciation is roughly broo-SKET-tah (/bruˈsketta/), with the double t held slightly longer. English speakers usually reduce the last vowel to "uh". The American Heritage Dictionary reports that its Usage Panel found both the sk and sh forms acceptable, and when asked to pick one, split almost evenly.
FAQ
bruschetta pronunciation FAQ
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Is bruschetta pronounced with "sk" or "sh"?+
The original Italian sound is "sk": broo-SKET-uh, and Cambridge and Oxford list only that form. Collins, Dictionary.com and American Heritage also list broo-SHET-uh, so both are accepted in English; sk stays closer to Italian.
How do Italians pronounce bruschetta?+
Italians say broo-SKET-tah (/bruˈsketta/): the u is like "oo", "sch" is "sk", the double t is held a little longer, and the final a is a clear "ah".
Do Americans and Brits say bruschetta differently?+
The stress is the same, on SKET. British dictionaries give broo-SKET-uh, while Cambridge shows American speech with a reduced first vowel, bruh-SKET-uh. The sh variant appears in both American and British (Collins) dictionaries.
Why is it spelled with "sch" if it is said "sk"?+
In Italian, c before e or i is soft ("ch"), so an h is added to keep it hard: "che" is "keh". "Sche" is therefore "skeh", as in scherzo. English readers expect sh from German words like schnitzel, which causes the confusion.
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