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casu martzu

/ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-su -martzu
IPA
/ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.

Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/
  • British English: /ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

casu marzu (alternative)

Synonyms

maggot cheese

Questions

How do you pronounce casu martzu?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/.
What does casu martzu mean?
A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
Where does casu martzu come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).

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