prosciutto

English

A plate of prosciutto.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

prosciutto (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutti or prosciuttos)

1. A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
   • 1988 February 19, Joel E. Siegel, “Heartfelt Fluff”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     He also manages to extract refined performances from overseasoned prosciutti like […]

   • 2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C. The La Quercia range, sold in Whole Foods, has expanded to include organic and heirloom prosciuttos, as well as lardo, pancetta, speck, coppa, guanciale and an annual Acorn Edition, in which subscribers pay $3,000 to receive all the parts of the prized acorn-fed organic Berkshire meat during the year, from fresh to cured.

   • 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.

Synonyms

• Parma ham

Derived terms

• prosciutto bread

 

Translations

dry-cured ham from Italy

• Bulgarian: прошу́то n (prošúto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意大利熏火腿 (Yìdàlì xūnhuǒtuǐ)

• Czech: pršut m
• Finnish: prosciutto (fi)
• French: prosciutto (fr) m
• German: Pršut m, Prsut m, Schinken (de) m
• Greek: προσούτο (el) n (prosoúto)
• Italian: prosciutto crudo m
• Japanese: プロシュット (puroshutto)
• Korean: 프로슈토 (peurosyuto)
• Macedonian: пршутa m (pršuta)
• Polish: prosciutto (pl) n, szynka parmeńska f
• Portuguese: prosciutto m
• Russian: прошу́тто (ru) n (prošútto), (па́рмская) ветчина́ (ru) f (vetčiná)
• Serbo-Croatian: pršut (sh) m, пршут m
• Slovene: pršut (sl) m
• Spanish: prosciutto m
• Ukrainian: прошу́то n (prošúto)

Italian

Alternative forms

• presciutto, preciutto (Tuscan, Roman)

Etymology

From asciutto, with a change of prefix, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from Latin per + exsūctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proʃˈʃut.to/

  • Audio:

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

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• In Italian, prosciutto is the generic word for any kind of ham, but the word borrowed into English is only used to refer to Italian dry-cured hams.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• prosciuttato
• prosciuttificio
• prosciutto arrosto
• prosciutto cotto
• prosciutto crudo

Polish

prosciutto

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prosciutto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈʂjut.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -uttɔ
• Syllabification: pro‧sciut‧to

Noun

prosciutto n (indeclinable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced)

   Synonym: szynka parmeńska

Further reading

• prosciutto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian prosciutto.

Noun

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prosciutto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈt͡ʃuto/ [pɾoˈt͡ʃu.t̪o]

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈʃuto/ [pɾoˈʃu.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pɾoˈʃuto/ [pɾoˈʃu.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pɾoˈʒuto/ [pɾoˈʒu.t̪o]

Noun

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)

   Synonym: jamón crudo

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.