parmigiana
English
Alternative forms
- Parmigiana
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Adjective
parmigiana (not comparable)
- (cooking) Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
Noun
parmigiana (usually uncountable, plural parmigianas)
- (in combination) Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
- 2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 270:
- Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.
- 2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486:
- Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
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Further reading
parmigiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
parmigiana di melanzane
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /par.miˈd͡ʒa.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: par‧mi‧già‧na
Adjective
parmigiana
- feminine singular of parmigiano
- alla parmigiana ― parmigiana
Noun
parmigiana f (plural parmigiane, masculine parmigiano)
- (now rare) female equivalent of parmigiano: a woman from Parma
- Synonym: parmense m or f by sense
- any food cooked with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce; any food cooked alla parmigiana; a parmigiana
Further reading
- parmigiana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it