parmigiana

UK/ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/US/ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/

parmigiana adjective: cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

Adjective

parmigiana (not comparable)

(postpositional) Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

Noun

parmigiana (usually uncountable, plural parmigianas)

(in-compounds, usually) Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
- Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 270
- Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486

Forms of parmigiana

Adjective
alternative form	Parmigiana
Noun
plural	parmigianas

Origin of parmigiana

Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.

Words that rhyme with parmigiana

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Questions about parmigiana

What does parmigiana mean?: Parmigiana means cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
What part of speech is parmigiana?: Parmigiana can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce parmigiana?: Parmigiana is pronounced /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/ (US).

Words near parmigiana in the dictionary

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