pastrami
A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cutA seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.
Pastrami
пастрома́pastromá, пастра́миpastrámi
highly seasoned cut of smoked beef
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman TurkishBorrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish 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.
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Forms
plural: pastramisWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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