salami

See also: Salami, sālāmi, and šálami

English

Salami

Alternative forms

• salame

Etymology

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [səˈlɑːmɪ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈlɑmi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

salami (countable and uncountable, plural salamis)

1. A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.

   Hypernyms: salume, salumi

2. (baseball) A grand slam.
3. (slang) The penis.
   • 2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101:

     To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history.

Derived terms

• grand salami
• hide the salami
• salami attack
• salami publication
• salami publishing
• salami-slice
• salami slicing
• salami tactics
• salami technique
• winter salami

 

Translations

sausage

• Afrikaans: salami
• Albanian: sallam (sq) m
• Amharic: ሳላሚ f (salami)
• Arabic: سَلَامِي m (salāmī)
• Armenian: սալյամի (salyami)
• Azerbaijani: salyami
• Belarusian: саля́мі f (saljámi)
• Bulgarian: сала́м (bg) m (salám)
• Burmese: ဆလာမီ (my) (hca.lami)
• Catalan: salami m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩拉米 / 萨拉米 (sàlāmǐ), 莎樂美 / 莎乐美 (shālèměi)

• Cornish: salami m
• Czech: salám (cs) m
• Danish: salami c
• Esperanto: salamo
• Finnish: salami (fi)
• French: salami (fr) m
• Galician: salame (gl) m
• Georgian: სალამი (salami)
• German: Salami (de) f
• Greek: σαλάμι (el) n (salámi)
• Hebrew: סָלָמִי (he) (salami)
• Hindi: सलामी (hi) f (salāmī)
• Hungarian: szalámi (hu)
• Italian: salame (it) m
• Japanese: サラミ (sarami)
• Korean: 살라미 (sallami)
• Kyrgyz: салями (salyami)
• Latin: salāmen m (post-Classical)
• Latvian: salami f
• Lithuanian: saliamis f
• Macedonian: сала́ма f (saláma)
• Marathi: सलामी (salāmī)
• Persian: سالامی (sâlâmi)
• Piedmontese: salam m
• Polish: salami (pl) n
• Portuguese: salame (pt) m
• Romanian: salam (ro) n
• Russian: саля́ми (ru) f (saljámi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: салама f

  Roman: salama (sh) f

• Slovak: saláma f
• Spanish: salami m
• Swedish: salami (sv) c
• Tagalog: salami
• Thai: ซาลามี
• Turkish: salam (tr)
• Turkmen: salam
• Ukrainian: саля́мі (uk) f (saljámi)
• Urdu: سلامی (salāmī)
• Uzbek: salam (uz), salyami
• Vietnamese: xúc xích ý
• Yiddish: סאַלאַמי m (salami)

grand slam — see grand slam

penis — see penis

See also

• salami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Islaam, imalas, Isamal, ilamas, alisma, lamias

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈla.mi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈla.mi]

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

Further reading

• “salami” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English salami, from Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧mi

Noun

salami

1. a salami

Anagrams

• lamasi, Simala

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [saˈlaːmi]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [zəˈlæːmi]

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 163

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

salami m (plural salami's)

1. salami

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian salami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlɑmi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑmi
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧la‧mi

Noun

salami

1. salami

Declension

Inflection of salami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		salami	salamit
genitive		salamin	salamien
partitive		salamia	salameja
illative		salamiin	salameihin
		singular	plural
nominative		salami	salamit
accusative	nom.	salami	salamit
	gen.	salamin
genitive		salamin	salamien
partitive		salamia	salameja
inessive		salamissa	salameissa
elative		salamista	salameista
illative		salamiin	salameihin
adessive		salamilla	salameilla
ablative		salamilta	salameilta
allative		salamille	salameille
essive		salamina	salameina
translative		salamiksi	salameiksi
abessive		salamitta	salameitta
instructive		—	salamein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of salami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative salamini salamini accusative nom. salamini salamini gen. salamini genitive salamini salamieni partitive salamiani salamejani inessive salamissani salameissani elative salamistani salameistani illative salamiini salameihini adessive salamillani salameillani ablative salamiltani salameiltani allative salamilleni salameilleni essive salaminani salameinani translative salamikseni salameikseni abessive salamittani salameittani instructive — — comitative — salameineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative salamisi salamisi accusative nom. salamisi salamisi gen. salamisi genitive salamisi salamiesi partitive salamiasi salamejasi inessive salamissasi salameissasi elative salamistasi salameistasi illative salamiisi salameihisi adessive salamillasi salameillasi ablative salamiltasi salameiltasi allative salamillesi salameillesi essive salaminasi salameinasi translative salamiksesi salameiksesi abessive salamittasi salameittasi instructive — — comitative — salameinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative salamimme salamimme accusative nom. salamimme salamimme gen. salamimme genitive salamimme salamiemme partitive salamiamme salamejamme inessive salamissamme salameissamme elative salamistamme salameistamme illative salamiimme salameihimme adessive salamillamme salameillamme ablative salamiltamme salameiltamme allative salamillemme salameillemme essive salaminamme salameinamme translative salamiksemme salameiksemme abessive salamittamme salameittamme instructive — — comitative — salameinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative salaminne salaminne accusative nom. salaminne salaminne gen. salaminne genitive salaminne salamienne partitive salamianne salamejanne inessive salamissanne salameissanne elative salamistanne salameistanne illative salamiinne salameihinne adessive salamillanne salameillanne ablative salamiltanne salameiltanne allative salamillenne salameillenne essive salaminanne salameinanne translative salamiksenne salameiksenne abessive salamittanne salameittanne instructive — — comitative — salameinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative salaminsa salaminsa accusative nom. salaminsa salaminsa gen. salaminsa genitive salaminsa salamiensa partitive salamiaan salamiansa salamejaan salamejansa inessive salamissaan salamissansa salameissaan salameissansa elative salamistaan salamistansa salameistaan salameistansa illative salamiinsa salameihinsa adessive salamillaan salamillansa salameillaan salameillansa ablative salamiltaan salamiltansa salameiltaan salameiltansa allative salamilleen salamillensa salameilleen salameillensa essive salaminaan salaminansa salameinaan salameinansa translative salamikseen salamiksensa salameikseen salameiksensa abessive salamittaan salamittansa salameittaan salameittansa instructive — — comitative — salameineen salameinensa

Further reading

• “salami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• lamasi, limsaa, maalis, salmia, sialma

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.la.mi/

• Audio:

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Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

Derived terms

• tactique du salami

Further reading

• “salami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lamais, mailas, Malais, malais

Italian

Noun

salami m

1. plural of salame

Anagrams

• Smaila, slamai

Latvian

Noun

salami m (invariable)

1. salami

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamier, definite plural salamiene)

1. salami

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamiar, definite plural salamiane)

1. salami

Polish

salami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈla.mi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧mi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian salami.

Noun

salami n (indeclinable)

1. salami (large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices)
2. salami cheese (yellow cheese made from cow's milk, with an oblong, cylindrical shape)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

salami f

1. instrumental plural of sala

Further reading

• salami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• salami in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• salami in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlami/ [saˈla.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧mi

Noun

salami m (plural salamis)

1. salami

   Synonyms: salame, (Argentina, Uruguay) salamín

Further reading

• “salami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English salami.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlami/ [sɐˈlaː.mɪ]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧mi

Noun

salami (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜋᜒ)

1. salami

Anagrams

• malisa