Is it its own plural, like ‘sheep’ in English?
“Gnocchi” is plural, same as “spaghetti”. You eat more than one at a time, right?
The singular is “gnocco” (no “h”), and also informally means “idiot”.
Gnocchi is plural, mate. The singular is gnocco.
I notice Italian words imported into English mysteriously lose their singular form. Like salame, for example.
Oops, here’s a cite.
Yep, and panini seems to have become accepted as a singular (singular is actually panino). I ask for “a panini” cos otherwise I get a funny look, but it still grates…
:smack: I should have known that. Sorry to have asked.
In my opinion, it would be worse if panino were the accepted English form. Then the plural would become paninoes, which is an ugly word if I ever saw one.