bresaola

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UK/bɹɛˈsəʊlə/UK/bɹɪˈzəʊlə/US/bɹɛˈsoʊlə/US/bɹɪˈzoʊlə/

noun

Air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.

OriginItalian bresaola ← French braiser →
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Meanings

nounbresaola (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAir-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.

    In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.

    1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 163

Origin

  1. Frenchbraiser“to braise”
  2. Italianbresaola
  3. Englishbresaola

From Italian bresaola, from French braiser (“to braise”).

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Translations

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APA

bresaola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bresaola

MLA

“bresaola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bresaola. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bresaola,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bresaola.

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