Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Adjective
- 1.5 Noun
- 1.6 Further reading
- 2 Italian
- 2.1 Pronunciation
- 2.2 Adjective
- 2.3 Noun
- 2.3.1 Derived terms
- 2.4 Further reading
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Adjective[edit]
parmigiana (not comparable)
- (cooking, postpositive) Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
Noun[edit]
parmigiana (usually uncountable, plural parmigianas)
- (in combination) Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 270:
Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.
2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486:
Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
Further reading[edit]
parmigiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian[edit]
![parmigiana - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2) parmigiana - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2)](https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Melanzane_alla_Parmigiana.jpg/260px-Melanzane_alla_Parmigiana.jpg)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
parmigiana
- feminine singular of parmigiano
- alla parmigiana ― parmigiana
Noun[edit]
parmigianaf (plural parmigiane, masculine parmigiano)
- (now rare) female equivalent of parmigiano: a woman from Parma
- Synonym: parmensem or f by sense
- any food cooked with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce; any food cooked alla parmigiana; a parmigiana
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
parmigiana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it