parmigiana
English
Alternative forms
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
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- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Adjective
parmigiana (not comparable)
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.
Further reading
parmigiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Melanzane_alla_Parmigiana.jpg/260px-Melanzane_alla_Parmigiana.jpg)
Pronunciation
Adjective
parmigiana
- feminine singular of parmigiano
- alla parmigiana ― parmigiana
Noun
parmigiana f (plural parmigiane, masculine parmigiano)
- (now rare) (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of parmigiano (“woman from Parma”)
- Synonym: parmense
- (by ellipsis) A southern Italian dish made from aubergines baked with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese.
- Synonyms: parmigiana di melanzane, melanzane alla parmigiana
- (by extension) Any food cooked with Parmesan and tomato sauce; a parmigiana.
Further reading
parmigiana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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