How to pronounce minestrone

The correct pronunciation of minestrone in Italian is Mee-neh-stroh-neh. The way the “o” in -stroh is pronounced is like the “o” in the word “story”.

So minestrone is pronounced “min eh stron ee” or “min eh stron eh”. However, many people in America pronounce it “ministrohn” (silent e), and this is also ok, as that’s how it’s pronounced in some Italian dialects.

The word minestrone, meaning a thick vegetable soup, is attested in English from 1871. It is from Italian minestrone, the augmentative form of minestra, “soup”, or more literally, “that which is served”, from minestrare, “to serve” and cognate with administer as in “to administer a remedy”.