Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saveloy

/ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
sa-ve-loy
IPA
/ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a corruption of cervelat (“Swiss smoked beef or pork sausage”) or French cervelas (“type of thick, short sausage”) (perhaps influenced by Savoy (“historical region in western Europe now shared between modern France, Italy, and Switzerland”)), both from Old French cervelat, from Italian cervellata (compare Italian cervelletto (“cerebellum”), cervello (“brain”), probably from the fact that the sausage was originally made from pork brains), from Old Milanese Lombard zervelada, from Latin cerebellum (“brain; little brain”), from cerebrum (“brain”) (from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ellum (suffix forming diminutives).

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Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/
  • British English: /ˈsævəlɔɪ/

Usage

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Derived Forms

sav

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Questions

How do you pronounce saveloy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsævəˌlɔɪ/.
What does saveloy mean?
A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked.
Where does saveloy come from?
It is traced to French.

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