Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parmigiano-reggiano

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: parmi-giano-reg-giano
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Parmesan cheese from the Italian DOC of Parma and Reggio Emilia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Parmigiano-Reggiano

Usage

Inflected Forms

Parmigiano-Reggianos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

parmesan[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms

reggiano[Appendix:Glossary parmesan[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does parmigiano-reggiano mean?: Parmesan cheese from the Italian DOC of Parma and Reggio Emilia.
Where does parmigiano-reggiano come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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