Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.

    Parmesan, Parmesankäse

    пармеза́нparmezán

    hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated

  2. (broadly, uncountable, usually)A similar cheese produced elsewhere.

    Most of the parmesan in our grocery store comes from Wisconsin.

  3. (slang, uncountable, usually)Money.

Examples

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  1. Is Parmesan considered a strong cheese?

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  2. Do you like Parmesan cheese on spaghetti?

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  3. Matthew's favorite dish is chicken parmesan, which he could eat every day.

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  4. Matthew's friends always request he brings his homemade chicken parmesan to potlucks.

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  5. Matthew's girlfriend surprised him with a romantic dinner of chicken parmesan and candlelight.

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Translations

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Русский
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hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma:
Deutsch
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hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructur

Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma).

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Forms

plural: parmesans
Singularparmesan

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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