prosciutto

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto, from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsuctus, from per + Latin exsuctus.

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/, /pɹəˈʒuː.toʊ/

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prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 193:

     In front of him, on a low table, a plate of prosciutto, olives and cheese.

• Parma ham

• presciutto, preciutto (Tuscan, Roman)[1]

From asciutto, with a change of prefix[2][3], or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsuctus, from Latin per + exsūctus.

• IPA^(key): /proʃˈʃut.to/
  • Rhymes: -utto
  • Hyphenation: pro‧sciùt‧to
• (Rome) IPA^(key): /proˈt͡ʃut.to/, (rare) /proʃˈʃut.to/

prosciutto m (plural prosciutti)

1. ham

   Hyponyms: (cooked/baked ham) prosciutto cotto, (dry-cured ham, prosciutto) prosciutto crudo

   Avvolgere circa sei pezzi di porro in mezza fetta di prosciutto riempiendo bene l’involtino.

   Wrap about six pieces of leek in half a slice of ham. Fill the roulade completely.

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto.

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)