parmesan
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Definition of parmesan
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.
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noun
- (uncountable, usually)A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.
- (broadly, uncountable, usually)A similar cheese produced elsewhere.
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(slang, uncountable, usually)Money.
“Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits, but now I'm countin' this / Parmesan where my accountant lives, in fact I'm downin' this”
- (countable)A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of parmesan (a kind of cheese).
adj
- (not-comparable)Of, from or relating to the city or province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French parmesan, from an earlier Vulgar Latin *parmēsānus, restructuring of Latin parmēnsis (from Latin Parma). Compare Italian parmigiano, Catalan parmesà, Portuguese parmesão, Sicilian parmisanu, Spanish parmesano
Words you can make from parmesan
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20 words5-letter words
64 words- PERMS 9 pts
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74 words- AMPS 8 pts
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