Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caciocavallo

/ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-cio-cav-al-lo
IPA: /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: caciocavallo, casucavaḍḍu

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

caciocavallos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kashkaval

Questions

How do you pronounce caciocavallo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/.
What does caciocavallo mean?: An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.
Where does caciocavallo come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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