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dadini

small dice (food)

noun dah-DEE-nee Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Origin: Plural diminutive of dado (die/cube), from Latin datum (given).

Also means

diced pieces

Usage Note

Dadini is almost always used in the plural as a culinary term: tagliare a dadini (to dice). The singular dadino exists but is rare. Note that dado on its own means both a die (for games) and a stock cube (dado da brodo) — context distinguishes them.

Examples

"Taglia le carote a dadini fini."

Natural Translation

Cut the carrots into fine dice.

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