salami
UK/səˈlɑːmi/
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British/səˈlɑːmɪj/
salami noun: a large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
Noun
salami (countable and uncountable, plural salamis)
- A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
- A grand slam.
- The penis.
- 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.2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101
Proper noun capitalized: Salami
Salami
- A surname.
salami meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
salami in Hindi
- sausage
- सलामी salāmī
salami in Tamil
- கொத்துக்கறிப் பண்டம்
salami in Marathi
- sausage
- सलामी salāmī
salami in Urdu
- sausage
- سَلامی salāmī
More languagesFewer languages
- salami in Tagalog
- salami
- salami in Arabic
- سَلَامِي salāmī
- salami in Thai
- ซาลามี
- salami in Vietnamese
- xúc xích ý
- salami in Myanmar
- ဆလာမီ hca.lami
Examples of salami in a sentence
- That New England-style salami and fluff sandwich sure hit the spot!
- Rat salami became a delicacy, and butchered cats were sold as "gutter rabbits.”
- The intent of salami slicing usually is to increase the number of publications attributable to an author.
Forms of salami
| plural | salamis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | salame |
Origin of salami
From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.
Words formed from salami
Phrases with salami
Words that rhyme with salami
Questions about salami
- What does salami mean?
- Salami means a large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
- What is salami in Hindi?
- Salami in Hindi is सलामी (salāmī). See Salami meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is salami?
- Salami can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce salami?
- Salami is pronounced /səˈlɑːmi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of salami?
- The plural of salami is salamis.
Words near salami in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: salami (page history and authors); Salami (page history and authors); salami (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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