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mi noun
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
Origin:
1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā(re) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; see sal
1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā(re) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; see sal
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| —n | |
| a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic | |
| [C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt] | |
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salami
"salted, flavored It. sausage," 1852, from It. salami, pl. of salame "spiced pork sausage," from V.L. *salamen, from *salare "to salt," from L. sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt).
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Example sentences
Deli owners prepare to send tons of salami to troops.
We supplemented our menu with excellent store-bought goodies, from smoked salmon and salami to cheeses and chocolates.
But now there is salami and speck from heritage pork to consider.
Or heap a mound on a meat platter, and circle with paper-thin slices of salami.
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