pastrami

English

Pastrami.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Turkish pastırma, a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Romanian word is 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

• IPA^(key): /pæˈstɹɑːmi/, /pəˈstɹɑːmi/
• 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

• pastirma
• pastrama

 

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) m (pastourmás)
• Japanese: パストラミ (pasutorami)
• Korean: 파스트라미 (paseuteurami)
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• 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 f (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)