mascarpone

[ mas-kahr-poh-nee, mos-kahr-poh-ney, mos-kahr-pohn ]
noun

  1. a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.

Origin of mascarpone

1
First recorded in 1900–05; from Lombard Italian; augmentative of mascarpa, mascherpa, a kind of ricotta cheese; further origin uncertain

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British Dictionary definitions for mascarpone

mascarpone

/ (ˌmæskəˈpəʊnɪ) /

noun

  1. a soft Italian cream cheese

Origin of mascarpone

1
from Italian, from dialect (Lombardy) mascherpa ricotta

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