prosciutto

English

A plate of prosciutto.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto, from asciutto, with a change of suffix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsuctus, from per + Latin exsuctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/

Noun

prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.

Synonyms

• Parma ham

Translations

dry-cured ham from Italy

• Bulgarian: прошу́то n (prošúto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意大利熏火腿 (Yìdàlì xūnhuǒtuǐ)

• Czech: pršut m
• Finnish: prosciutto (fi)
• French: prosciutto (fr) m
• German: Pršut m, Prsut m, Schinken (de) m
• Italian: prosciutto (it) m
• Japanese: プロシュット (puroshutto)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 프로슈토 (peurosyuto)
• Macedonian: шунка f (šunka), пршут m (pršut)
• Portuguese: prosciutto m
• Russian: прошу́тто (ru) n (prošútto), (па́рмская) ветчина́ (ru) f (vetčiná)
• Serbo-Croatian: pršut (sh) m, пршут m
• Slovene: pršut (sl) m
• Spanish: prosciutto m
• Ukrainian: прошу́то n (prošúto)

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Italian

Alternative forms

• presciutto (Tuscany and Roman dialects)

Etymology

From asciutto, with a change of prefix, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsuctus, from Latin per + exsuctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈʃu.tːo/, [pr̺oˈʃu.t̪ːo]
• Hyphenation: pro‧sciùt‧to

Noun

prosciutto m (plural prosciutti)

1. ham

   Hyponyms: (cooked/baked ham) prosciutto cotto, (dry-cured ham, prosciutto) prosciutto crudo

Derived terms

Derived terms

• prosciuttato
• prosciuttificio
• prosciutto arrosto

• prosciutto cotto
• prosciutto crudo

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto.

Noun

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)