prosciutto

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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:

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

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

     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.

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)