parmesan

• Parmesan

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/
• (UK, also found in the US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn/^[1][2]
• (US, hyperforeignism) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹ.məˌʒɑn/^[1][2]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːməzən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -æn

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

• parmesan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Pearmans, Spearman, spearman

Borrowed from Italian parmigiano.

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.mə.zɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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

1. Parmesan (from Parma)

parmesan m (plural parmesans)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

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

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

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

• parmesanost

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

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

• parmesanost

• “parmesan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

parmesan c

1. Parmesan (cheese)

   Synonym: parmesanost

   Släng i en näve riven parmesan om du gillar det

   Throw in a handful of grated parmesan if you like that

• “parmesan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “parmesan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “parmesan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)