parmesan

See also: Parmesan

English

Alternative forms

• Parmesan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma).

Compare Italian parmigiano, Catalan parmesà, Portuguese parmesão, Sicilian parmisanu, Spanish parmesano

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmɪˌzæn/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈzæn/
• (UK, also found in the US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ).məˌzɑːn/
• (found in the US, perhaps under influence from Italian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹ.məˌʒɑn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːməˌzən/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (UK) -æn

Noun

parmesan (usually uncountable, plural parmesans)

1. A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.

   Synonyms: Parmigiano-Reggiano, reggiano

2. (by extension) A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
3. (slang) Money.
   • 2017 March 30, Kendrick Duckworth, Michael Williams II, Asheton Hoga (lyrics and music), “Humble”, in Damn, performed by Kendrick Lamar:

     Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits, but now I'm countin' this / Parmesan where my accountant lives, in fact I'm downin' this

Derived terms

• parmesany
• parmo

Translations

hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma

• Arabic: بَارْمِيجْيَانُو m (bārmījyānū), بَارْمِيزَان m (bārmīzān)

  Egyptian Arabic: بارميزان f (barmizan)

• Armenian: պարմեզան (parmezan)
• Catalan: parmesà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴馬乾酪／巴马干酪 (zh) (Bāmǎ gānlào)

• Corsican: parmigianu m, parmighjanu m, parmisanu m
• Czech: parmazán (cs) m, parmezán (cs) m
• Dutch: parmezaan (nl) m, parmezaankaas m
• Finnish: parmesaani (fi)
• French: parmesan (fr) m
• Galician: parmesano (gl) m
• German: Parmesan (de) m, Parmesankäse (de) m
• Hawaiian: waiūpaʻa pamesana
• Hungarian: parmezán (hu)
• Irish: parmasán m, cáis Parma f
• Italian: parmigiano (it) m
• Japanese: パルメザン (parumezan), パルミジャーノ (parumijāno)
• Maltese: parmeġġan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parmesan m

  Nynorsk: parmesan m

• Polish: parmezan (pl) m
• Portuguese: parmesão (pt) m
• Romanian: parmezan (ro) n
• Russian: пармеза́н (ru) m (parmezán)
• Sicilian: parmisanu m, parmicianu m
• Spanish: parmesano (es) m
• Swedish: parmesan, parmesanost c
• Turkish: parmasan peyniri
• Yiddish: פּאַרמעזאַן (parmezan)

Further reading

• parmesan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pearmans, Spearman, spearman

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parmigiano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.mə.zɑ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Adjective

parmesan (feminine parmesane, masculine plural parmesans, feminine plural parmesanes)

1. Parmesan (from Parma)

Noun

parmesan m (plural parmesans)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Further reading

• “parmesan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan.

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan.

Noun

parmesan m (definite singular parmesanen, uncountable)

1. Parmesan (cheese)

Derived terms

• parmesanost

References

• “parmesan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.