bologna
A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or vealA seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.
» He was eating a bologna sandwich.
Он ел сэндвич с колбасой.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.
large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork
(uncountable)Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”).
Examples
16 sentencesHe was eating a bologna sandwich.
ruОн ел сэндвич с колбасой. — Karok
I hate bologna sandwiches.
Tom ate a bologna sandwich.
They are students at the Bologna University.
I get back on the 22.30 train to Bologna.
Origin
From the Italian city of Bologna. Probably from the Polari slang word balonie, respelledFrom the Italian city of Bologna.
Probably from the Polari slang word balonie, respelled under the influence of the preceding homophonous word bologna (“sausage”); alternatively, perhaps simply an extended use of bologna (“sausage”). See baloney for more.
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Forms
plural: bolognasSynonyms
3 synonyms- large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork:Bologna sausage
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable