prosciutto

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/, /pɹəˈʒuː.toʊ/

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prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
   • 1988 February 19, Joel E. Siegel, “Heartfelt Fluff”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     He also manages to extract refined performances from overseasoned prosciutti like […]

   • 2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C. The La Quercia range, sold in Whole Foods, has expanded to include organic and heirloom prosciuttos, as well as lardo, pancetta, speck, coppa, guanciale and an annual Acorn Edition, in which subscribers pay $3,000 to receive all the parts of the prized acorn-fed organic Berkshire meat during the year, from fresh to cured.

   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 193:

     In front of him, on a low table, a plate of prosciutto, olives and cheese.

• presciutto, preciutto (Tuscan, Romanesco)^[1]

From asciutto, with a change of prefix,^[2][3] or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from Latin per + exsūctus. Compare Portuguese presunto.

• IPA^(key): /proʃˈʃut.to/

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  • Rhymes: -utto
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sciùt‧to
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃut.to/, (rare) /proʃˈʃut.to/

prosciutto m (plural prosciutti)

1. ham

   Hyponyms: (cooked/baked ham) prosciutto cotto, (dry-cured ham, prosciutto) prosciutto crudo

   Avvolgere circa sei pezzi di porro in mezza fetta di prosciutto riempiendo bene l’involtino.

   Wrap about six pieces of leek in half a slice of ham. Fill the roulade completely.

• In Italian, prosciutto is the generic word for any kind of ham, but the word borrowed into English is only used to refer to Italian dry-cured hams.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prosciutto.

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈʂjut.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -uttɔ
• Syllabification: pro‧sciut‧to

prosciutto n (indeclinable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced)

   Synonym: szynka parmeńska

• prosciutto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Italian prosciutto. Doublet of presunto.

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prosciutto.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈt͡ʃuto/ [pɾoˈt͡ʃu.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈʃuto/ [pɾoˈʃu.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: pros‧ciut‧to

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)

   Synonym: jamón crudo

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.