different between salami vs chorizo

English

Etymology

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [s??l??m?]
• Rhymes: -??mi

Noun

salami (countable and uncountable, plural salamis)

1. A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
2. (baseball) A grand slam.
3. (slang) A penis.
   • 2001, Bob Drews, Sandman (page 101)

     To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on salami

Anagrams

• Islaam, alisma, ilamas, lamias

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salami.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s??la.mi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sa?la.mi/

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

Further reading

• “salami” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English salami, from Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?la?mi

Noun

salami

1. a salami

Anagrams

• lamasi, Simala

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [sa?la?mi]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [z??læ?mi]

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.163)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

salami m (plural salami's)

1. salami

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l?mi/, [?s??l?mi]
• Rhymes: -?l?mi
• Syllabification: sa?la?mi

Noun

salami

1. salami

Declension

Anagrams

• limsaa, maalis, salmia, sialma

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.la.mi/

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lamais, mailas, Malais, malais

Italian

Noun

salami m

1. plural of salame

Latvian

Noun

salami m (invariable)

1. salami

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamier, definite plural salamiene)

1. salami

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamiar, definite plural salamiane)

1. salami

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?la.m?i/

Etymology 1

From Italian salami.

Noun

salami n (indeclinable)

1. salami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

salami

1. instrumental plural of sala

Further reading

• salami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?lami/, [sa?la.mi]

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

Further reading

• “salami” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Noun

salami

1. salami

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ch?r??z?, IPA^(key): /t????i?.z??/ or like Spanish: IPA^(key): /t????i?s??/, IPA^(key): /t????i????/
• (US) enPR: ch?r??z?, IPA^(key): /t????i.zo?/ or like Spanish: IPA^(key): /t????is?/, /t????iso?/, IPA^(key): /t????i??/

Noun

chorizo (countable and uncountable, plural chorizos)

1. A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika.

Related terms

• chouriço

Translations

Further reading

• chorizo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “chorizo” defined by Infoplease.com: pronounced: chu-r?'z?; Sp. chô-r?'sô, -thô, plural: (-z?z; Sp. -sôs, -thôs
• “Chorizo” listed in the BBC Food Glossary (accessed on 17.09.2009): pronounced: ‘chor-eetho’

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?i.zo/

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. chorizo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t??o??i?o/, [t??o??i.?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /t??o??iso/, [t??o??i.so]
• Rhymes: -i?o, -iso

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin sals?cius (or a Vulgar Latin form *sauricium), derivative of salsus (“salted”), but uncertain; if so, it is a doublet of salsa and salchicha. Compare Portuguese chouriço and English sausage.

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. a type of sausage
2. (Uruguay) a foolish person

   Synonym: longaniza

3. (vulgar, slang) a penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (slang, Costa Rica) corruption

Derived terms

• choripán
• choriqueso
• chorizar

Descendants

• ? Catalan: xoriço
• ? English: chorizo
• ? French: chorizo
• ? Portuguese: chouriço

Etymology 2

From chori, from Caló chorar (“to steal”).

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. (Spain) a crook
2. (Spain, Mexico, Chile, colloquial) petty thief, pickpocket

   Synonyms: choro, ratero, ladronzuelo, carterista

Adjective

chorizo (feminine choriza, masculine plural chorizos, feminine plural chorizas)

1. (vulgar, Chile) thefty, stuck-up, haughty

Further reading

• “chorizo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.