parmesan

See also: Parmesan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parmesan, from Italian parmigiano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹ.məˌʒɑn/

• Audio (AU):

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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

Translations

hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma

• Arabic: بَارْمِيجْيَانُو m (barmijyanū)

  Egyptian Arabic: بارميزان f (barmizan)

• Armenian: պարմեզան (parmezan)
• Catalan: parmesà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴馬乾酪／巴马干酪 (zh), 巴马干酪 (zh) (Bāmǎ gānlào)

• Czech: parmazán (cs) m, parmezán (cs) m
• Dutch: parmezaan (nl) m, parmezaankaas m
• Finnish: parmesaani
• French: parmesan (fr) m
• German: Parmesan (de) m, Parmesankäse (de) m
• Hungarian: parmezán (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: parmigiano (it) m
• Japanese: パルメザン (parumezan)
• 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)
• Spanish: parmesano (es) m
• Swedish: parmesan, parmesanost c
• Turkish: parma peyniri

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/

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.