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saltimbocca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
saltim-boc-ca
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian saltimbocca, univerbation of saltare (“to leap”) + in (“into”) + bocca (“mouth”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

saltimboccas (plural)

Questions

What does saltimbocca mean?
An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.
Where does saltimbocca come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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