different between pecorino vs parmesan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pecorino, from pecora (“sheep”).

Noun

pecorino (countable and uncountable, plural pecorinos)

1. Any of a family of Italian cheeses made from ewe's milk.

Anagrams

• operonic

Finnish

Noun

pecorino

1. pecorino (cheese)

Declension

Italian

Adjective

pecorino (feminine pecorina, masculine plural pecorini, feminine plural pecorine)

1. (relational) sheep
2. (figuratively) sheeplike, sheepish

   Synonym: pecoresco

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorini)

1. pecorino (cheese made with sheep milk)

Derived terms

• pecorino romano
• pecorino sardo

Related terms

• pecora

Anagrams

• pecoroni, procione

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peko??ino/, [pe.ko??i.no]

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorinos)

1. pecorino

Swedish

Noun

pecorino ?

1. pecorino (cheese)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parmesan, from an earlier Late Latin *parm?sanus, readaptation of Latin parmensis.

Compare Italian parmigiano, Catalan parmesà, Portuguese parmesão, Sicilian parmisanu, Spanish parmesano

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??m??zæn/, /?p??m??zæn/
• (UK, also found in the US) IPA^(key): /?p??(?).m??z??n/
• (found in the US, perhaps under influence from Italian) IPA^(key): /?p??.m????n/

Noun

parmesan (usually uncountable, plural parmesans)

1. A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.
2. (by extension) A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
3. (slang) Money.

Translations

References

Further reading

• parmesan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pearmans, Spearman, spearman

French

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.m?.z??/

Adjective

parmesan (feminine singular parmesane, masculine plural parmesans, feminine plural parmesanes)

1. Parmesan (from Parma)

Noun

parmesan m (plural parmesans)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Further reading

• “parmesan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

References

• “parmesan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.