scamorza

English

Etymology

From Italian scamorza.

Noun

scamorza (uncountable)

  2. An unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy.

Translations

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of scamozza, deverbal from scamozzare[1] or from cappa mozza (“cut head”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaˈmɔr.t͡sa/[3]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtsa
  • Hyphenation: sca‧mòr‧za

Noun

scamorza f (plural scamorze)

  1. scamorza (an unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy)
    Synonym: (regional) provola
  2. (figurative, regional) incompetent person, fool

References

  1. ^ scamorza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ “SCAMORZA di vacca e di bufala”, in Regione Campania‎[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20150716
  3. ^ scamorza in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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