Parmesan - Wiktionary

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English

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Alternative forms

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• Parmesan

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma).

Compare Italian parmigiano, Catalan parmesà, Portuguese parmesão, Sicilian parmisanu, Spanish parmesano

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/
• (UK, also found in the US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn/[1][2]
• (US, perhaps under influence from Italian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.məˌʒɑn/[1][2]
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːməˌzən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -æn

Noun

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parmesan (usually uncountable, plural parmesans)

1. A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma. Synonyms: Parmigiano-Reggiano, reggiano
2. (by extension) A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
3. (slang) Money.
   • 2017 March 30, Kendrick Duckworth, Michael Williams II, Asheton Hoga, “Humble”, in Damn, performed by Kendrick Lamar:Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits, but now I'm countin' this / Parmesan where my accountant lives, in fact I'm downin' this

Derived terms

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• parmesaned
• parmesany
• parmo

Translations

[edit] hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma

Arabic: بَارْمِيجْيَانُو m (bārmījyānū), بَارْمِيزَان m (bārmīzān) Egyptian Arabic: بارميزان f (barmizan) Armenian: պարմեզան (parmezan) Catalan: parmesà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巴馬乾酪 / 巴马干酪 (zh) (Bāmǎ gānlào), 帕馬森起司 / 帕马森起司 Corsican: parmigianu m, parmighjanu m, parmisanu m Czech: parmazán (cs) m, parmezán (cs) m Dutch: parmezaan (nl) m, parmezaankaas m Finnish: parmesaani (fi) French: parmesan (fr) m Galician: parmesano (gl) m German: Parmesan (de) m, Parmesankäse (de) m Hawaiian: waiūpaʻa pamesana Hungarian: parmezán (hu) Irish: parmasán m, cáis Parma f Italian: parmigiano (it) m Japanese: パルメザン (parumezan), パルミジャーノ (parumijāno) Maltese: parmeġġan Norwegian: Bokmål: parmesan m Nynorsk: parmesan m Polish: parmezan (pl) m Portuguese: parmesão (pt) m Romanian: parmezan (ro) n Russian: пармеза́н (ru) m (parmezán) Sicilian: parmisanu m, parmicianu m Spanish: parmesano (es) m Swedish: parmesan (sv), parmesanost (sv) c Turkish: parmasan peyniri Yiddish: פּאַרמעזאַן (parmezan)

References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Parmesan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Parmesan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

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• parmesan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• Pearmans, Spearman, spearman

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian parmigiano.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /paʁ.mə.zɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Adjective

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parmesan (feminine parmesane, masculine plural parmesans, feminine plural parmesanes)

1. Parmesan (from Parma)

Noun

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parmesan m (plural parmesans)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Further reading

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• “parmesan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:parmesanWikipedia no

Etymology

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From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan.

Noun

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parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

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• parmesanost

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan.

Noun

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parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

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• parmesanost

References

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• “parmesan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:parmesanWikipedia sv

Noun

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parmesan c

1. Parmesan (cheese) Synonym: parmesanost Släng i en näve riven parmesan om du gillar detThrow in a handful of grated parmesan if you like that

Declension

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nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parmesan	parmesans
	definite	parmesanen	parmesanens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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• parmesan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• parmesan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• parmesan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)