salami

[ suh-lah-mee ]
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noun
  1. a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.

Origin of salami

1
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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salami

/ (səˈlɑːmɪ) /


noun
  1. a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic

Origin of salami

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C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt

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