parmesan

parmesan

See also: Parmesan

English

Alternative forms

• Parmesan

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

parmesan (usually uncountable, plural parmesans)

1. A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.
2. (by extension) A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
3. (slang) Money.
   • 2017 March 30, Kendrick Duckworth; Michael Williams II; Asheton Hoga (lyrics and music), “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

• parmesany

Translations

hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma

Arabic: بَارْمِيجْيَانُو‎ m (barmijyanū) Egyptian Arabic: بارميزان‎ f (barmizan) Hijazi Arabic: پارْمِزان‎ f (pārmizān), بارمزان‎ m (bārmizān) Armenian: պարմեզան (parmezan) Catalan: parmesà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巴馬乾酪／巴马干酪 (zh) (Bāmǎ gānlào) 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 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, parmesanost c Turkish: parmasan peyniri

References

1. “Parmesan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. “Parmesan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Further reading

• parmesan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pearmans, Spearman, spearman

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French

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.mə.zɑ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. Parmesan (from Parma)

Noun

parmesan m (plural parmesans)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

References

• “parmesan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.