pastrami

pastrami

English

Pastrami.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע‎ (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă. That word is probably from Turkish pastırma, a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root *bas-, to press; the other possible origin of the Romanian word is the Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pæˈstɹɑːmi/, /pəˈstɹɑːmi/
• (US) enPR: pə-sträʹmē, IPA^(key): /pəˈstɹɑːmi/

Noun

pastrami (countable and uncountable, plural pastramis)

1. A seasoned smoked cut of beef. Traditionally, this is made from a navel cut.

Related terms

• pastrama
• pastirma

Translations

seasoned smoked cut of beef

Chinese: Mandarin: 五香熏牛肉 (wǔxiāng xūn niúròu) Finnish: pastrami (fi) French: pastrami (fr) m German: Pastrami (de) m Greek: παστουρμάς (el) (pastourmás) Japanese: パストラミ (pasutorami) Korean: 파스트라미 (paseuteurami)

Portuguese: pastrami m Romanian: pastramă (ro) f Russian: пастрома́ (ru) f (pastromá), пастра́ми (ru) f (pastrámi) Spanish: pastrami m, pastrón m Tagalog: pastrami Turkish: pastırma (tr) Yiddish: פּאַסטראַמע‎ (pastrame)

See also

• corned beef
• smoked meat (a similar deli meat made from a brisket cut)
• salt beef
• smoked beef

Anagrams

• pastirma

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English pastrami.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧tra‧mi

Noun

pastrami

1. a pastrami

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French

Noun

pastrami m (plural pastramis)

1. pastrami

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Portuguese

Noun

pastrami m (plural pastramis)

1. pastrami (seasoned cut of smoked beef)