prosciutto

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.

• (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 *perexsūctus, from Latin per + exsūctus.

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

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.

Borrowed from Italian prosciutto.

prosciutto m (uncountable)

1. prosciutto (dry-cured ham from Italy)