prosciutto

English

A plate of prosciutto.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/, /pɹəˈʒuː.toʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 193:

     In front of him, on a low table, a plate of prosciutto, olives and cheese.

Synonyms

• Parma ham

Derived terms

• prosciutto bread

 

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 crudo m
• Japanese: プロシュット (puroshutto)
• Korean: 프로슈토 (peurosyuto)
• Macedonian: пршутa m (pršuta)
• 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)

Italian

Alternative forms

• presciutto, preciutto (Tuscan, Roman)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proʃˈʃut.to/
  • Rhymes: -utto
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sciùt‧to
• (Rome)

• Audio

  (file)

  IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃut.to/, (rare) /proʃˈʃut.to/

Noun

prosciutto m (plural prosciutti)

1. ham

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

   Avvolgere circa sei pezzi di porro in mezza fetta di prosciutto riempiendo bene l’involtino.

   Wrap about six pieces of leek in half a slice of ham. Fill the roulade completely.

Usage notes

In Italian, "prosciutto" is the generic word for any kind of ham, but the word borrowed into English is only used to refer to Italian dry-cured hams.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• prosciuttato
• prosciuttificio
• prosciutto arrosto
• prosciutto cotto
• prosciutto crudo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto.

Noun

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)