Parmesan
noun/ˈpɑːməzæn/, /ˌpɑːməˈzæn/
/ˈpɑːrməzɑːn/, /ˈpɑːrməzæn/
(also Parmesan cheese)
[uncountable]- a type of very hard Italian cheese that is usually grated and eaten on Italian foodTopics Foodc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryParmesan is used before these nouns:
- cheese
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, from Italian parmigiano ‘of Parma’, where it was originally made.Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
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