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parmesan.

A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/UK/ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/UK/ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn//ˈpɑɹ.məˌʒɑn/
  1. A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.

    uncountable · usually
  2. A similar cheese produced elsewhere.

    broadly · uncountable · usually
    Most of the parmesan in our grocery store comes from Wisconsin.
  3. Money.

    slang · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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