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How do you pronounce ciabatta

210 replies

TrixieFranklin · 20/08/2019 11:26

I've just realised my husband, mum and dad all pronounce Ciabatta completely differently.
Between them they say:
Key-a-bar-ter
Chee-bar-ter
Chee-a-bat-cha

Now I've been saying it, looking at it and thinking about it too much and the whole word looks ridiculous now!

How do you say it?

OP posts:
KnifeAngel · 20/08/2019 11:27

Chee a batta

SwedishEdith · 20/08/2019 11:29

Chee batta. Not 100% that's right.

theydontknowweknow · 20/08/2019 11:30

Chee a batta for me

mumguiltrearingitshead · 20/08/2019 11:30

Chee ah battah

PullingMySocksUp · 20/08/2019 11:31

Chee a batta
Or chee batta

ThePolishWombat · 20/08/2019 11:31

Che-batta

imclaustrophobicdarren · 20/08/2019 11:31

Chee a batta

SwedishEdith · 20/08/2019 11:31

Chuh·ba·tuh - what I meant 😊

WaitingInTheBushesOfLove · 20/08/2019 11:32

Cha ba tta
So Cha like in cha-rlie, ba like in ba-t and tta like in ta-n

PullingMySocksUp · 20/08/2019 11:32

How do you say it, OP?

BlackNoir · 20/08/2019 11:33

Another vote for Chee-a-batta lived in southern Italy for a year in my youth.

Oblomov19 · 20/08/2019 11:36

Chee a batta.

poppym12 · 20/08/2019 11:36

Cha-batta with a slight 'ia' in the first bit then a longer 'a' in the second bit. Sounds OK in my head.

Nottobesoldseparately · 20/08/2019 11:38

Cha baat a

bellinisurge · 20/08/2019 11:39

Chee a batta.

Tableclothing · 20/08/2019 11:41

Cha bat a

In Italian the 'ci' letter combo is pronounced 'ch'.

NameChange84 · 20/08/2019 11:41

Locally we all say SEE-UH-BAT-UH.

I know this isn’t how it’s pronounced it Italy but somehow it’s become part of the local dialect.

Jamhandprints · 20/08/2019 11:41

Cha Bat A
I thought the ci made a ch sound, like in cappucCIno

blackpinkinyourarea · 20/08/2019 11:42

Chee a batta

MyDcAreMarvel · 20/08/2019 11:42

See a bat a

beckieperk · 20/08/2019 11:44

Chee batta?? That's what I say anyway.

EllieMentry · 20/08/2019 11:45

Cha-barter

LoseLooseLucy · 20/08/2019 11:46

Chee a batta

lazylinguist · 20/08/2019 11:46

It's not chee-a-bata. The 'i' is only there to make the 'c' into a 'ch' sound, it doesn't make an 'ee' sound at all.

It's pronounced 'cha-bata'. The 'a' is somewhere between a flat 'a' and a long 'ah'.

Branleuse · 20/08/2019 11:47

Chebatta

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