rapini

noun

ra·​pi·​ni ra-ˈpē-nē How to pronounce rapini (audio)
variants or less commonly rappini

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Located on the roof of the Hyatt Centric hotel, the bar has curated cocktails, and offers an array of bites from sister restaurant 7th Street Standard on the street level of the hotel, including chicken tandoori lollipops and charred rapini flatbread. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026 The marvelous novelist and food writer Laurie Colwin once cautioned against serving rapini on a first date. Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Danny Boy serves signature sandwiches, including meatball and rapini, chicken salad, and the Timmy Ray with roast beef, giardiniera and aioli. Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2025 Those experiences include tableside pours of warm polenta, paired with meatballs, sweet Italian sausage, spinach and rapini. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 21 Nov. 2025 The victims, Luigi di Sarno, 52, and Tamara D'Acunto, 45, passed away after eating sandwiches made of sausage and rapini. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025 To further muddy the waters, there’s also broccoli rabe (or raab), otherwise known as rapini. Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024 An oval platter of slices of breast, ermine-white and gently savory, are dressed in a rainbow mess of sweet peppers, with spiky leaves of rapini. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024 Tackle game days and date nights with their Signature burger and fries, rapini and ricotta flatbread or wagyu croquettes. Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian rapini, plural of rapino, diminutive of rapo turnip, from Latin rapum — more at rape entry 3

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rapini was in 1934

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“Rapini.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapini. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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