salumi
salumi is the plural of salume.
Meaning of salume
Noun
salume (countable and uncountable, plural salumi)
- Cured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style.
- The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with […] fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- charcuterie
Noun
salumi (countable and uncountable, plural salumi or salumis)
- Synonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).
- Knowing when the salumi is ready is also critical, if not downright nerve-racking. While some salumi is sliced as young as three weeks, their best-selling prosciutto is aged for as long as two years.2010 October 14, Janny Hu, “Smulewitz 'living the dream' at Oakland's Dopo and Adesso (Jon Smulewitz finesses salumi at Dopo, Adesso)”, in San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 08 Dec 2023
- […] cheeses are fresh, clean and with great depth. They are a wonderful accompaniment to our wines. We also selected Gentile, Soprassata and Tartuffo salumis from […] to pair with individual wines from […] These hand made and cured salumis are so flavorful and fun to savor with our Pinot gris...2013, “Wine and Food Tasting”, in Oregon Wine Press, retrieved 08 Dec 2023
- Synonyms:
- charcuterie, salume
Synonyms of salumi
Forms of salumi
| plural | salumi |
|---|---|
| plural | salumis |
Origin of salumi
Borrowed from Italian salumi.
Questions about salumi
- What does salumi mean?
- Salumi means synonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).
- What is salumi the plural of?
- Salumi is the plural of salume.
- What part of speech is salumi?
- Salumi is a noun.
- What is the plural of salumi?
- The plural of salumi is salumi.
Words near salumi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: salumi (page history and authors); salume (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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