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saltimbocca

saltimbocca noun: an Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.

saltimbocca: an Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves
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Noun

saltimbocca (countable and uncountable, plural saltimboccas)

  1. An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.

Forms of saltimbocca

pluralsaltimboccas

Origin of saltimbocca

Borrowed from Italian saltimbocca, univerbation of saltare (“to leap”) + in (“into”) + bocca (“mouth”).

Questions about saltimbocca

What does saltimbocca mean?
Saltimbocca means an Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.
What part of speech is saltimbocca?
Saltimbocca is a noun.
What is the plural of saltimbocca?
The plural of saltimbocca is saltimboccas.

Words near saltimbocca in the dictionary

  1. saltimbancos
  2. saltimbank
  3. saltimbanks
  4. saltimbanque
  5. saltimbanques
  6. saltimbocca
  7. saltimboccas
  8. saltine
  9. saltines
  10. saltiness
  11. saltinesses

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