Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parmigiana

/ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: parmi-giana
IPA: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

noun

Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others."
"Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: parmigiana

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
British English: /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

parmigianas (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce parmigiana?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/.
What does parmigiana mean?: Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
Where does parmigiana come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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