cascavaddu
Sicilian
Etymology 1
From caciu (“cheese”) + cavaḍḍu (“horse”). Cognate with Italian caciocavallo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)
- (countable and uncountable) caciocavallo (type of cheese)
Etymology 2
Akin to Italian cacciaccavallo.
Noun
cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)
- (nautical, archaic) cacciaccavallo (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “cascavaddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 748
- Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “cacciaccavallo”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 2, page 478