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ri⋅cot⋅ta

  [ri-kot-uh, -kaw-tuh; It. ree-kawt-tah]
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–noun
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
Origin:
1875–80; < It < L recocta, fem. of recoctus, ptp. of recoquere to re-cook. See re-, cook 1
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ri·cot·ta   (rĭ-kŏt'ə)   
n.  
  1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
  2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States.

[Italian, from Latin recocta, feminine past participle of recoquere, to cook again : re-, re- + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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ricotta 
kind of It. cottage cheese, 1879, earlier ricoct (1582), from It. ricotta, lit. "recooked," From fem. pp. of L. recoquere.
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Language Translation for : ricotta
Spanish: manazas, torpe,
German: ungeschickte Person,
Japanese: 物をよく落す人
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