caciocavallo

See also: Caciocavallo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) +‎ a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/

Noun

caciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos)

  1. An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.

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Italian

Etymology

From cacio (“cheese”) +‎ cavallo (“horse”), inherited from Old Italian. More likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian casucavaḍḍu (or from dialectal cascavaḍḍu). Doublet of cosacavaddu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌka.t͡ʃo.kaˈval.lo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧cio‧ca‧vàl‧lo

Noun

caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)

  1. caciocavallo

References

  1. ^ caciocavallo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

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