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κριτσίνι

English translation: bread stick

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Greek term or phrase:κριτσίνι
English translation:bread stick
Entered by: Dora Evagelinaki

15:54 Jun 14, 2011
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Greek term or phrase: κριτσίνι
Γνωρίζει κανείς πώς αποδίδεται στα αγγλικά;
Dora Evagelinaki
Local time: 12:12
bread stick
Explanation:
it is quite litteral in English!
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Angeliki Papadopoulou
Greece
Local time: 12:12
Grading comment
Ευχαριστώ΄πολύ!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2bread stick
Angeliki Papadopoulou
3 +2"kritsini" (a type of bread stick)
Dave Bindon
5breadsticks (grissini)
Maya M Fourioti


Discussion entries: 5





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"kritsini" (a type of bread stick)


Explanation:
I think you need "explicitation" since there is nothing quite similar in English cuisine, as far as I'm aware.

Dave Bindon
Greece
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgios Tziakos: Depending on your context and whether you want to keep kritsini as a Greek cultural item, this would one of your options.
55 mins
agree  Magda P.: loved your discussion entry
5 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bread stick


Explanation:
it is quite litteral in English!


    Reference: http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2...
Angeliki Papadopoulou
Greece
Local time: 12:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Ευχαριστώ΄πολύ!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dave Bindon: Breadsticks (as one or two words, with or without a hyphen) are not wll-known in the UK. I only know the term from 1 restaurant in London!
1 hr
agree  Philip Lees: I beg to differ with Dave here. From what I remember of living in the UK "bread stick" was a fairly common term. It certainly came into my mind the moment I saw the Greek word.
2 hrs
agree  Danai Roussou: :)
6 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
breadsticks (grissini)


Explanation:
bread sticks or grissini originatin from Turin in Italy

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-14 17:25:36 GMT)
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http://italianfood.about.com/od/breadspizza/Breads_Pizza_Rol...
http://www.latimes.com/features/la-fo-homemaderec10b-2008dec...


    Reference: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-grissini.htm
Maya M Fourioti
Greece
Local time: 12:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgios Tziakos: As long as you do not mind the Greek local flavour lost in favor of the Italian one. http://www.komvos.edu.gr/dictonlineplsql/simple_search.displ...
41 mins
disagree  Dave Bindon: I agree with "breadsticks", but the Italian spelling of 'grissini' is inappropriate because a) Greek κριτσίνι is not exactly the same thing and b) 'grissini' is just as unknown to most English speakers and will not be of any use to most English readers.
57 mins
  -> Thank you for your comment.The term ''GRISSINI'' is widespread in the USA though probably because of the italian community there.Pls see note added above.
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