cervelat

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noun

A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.

OriginAlemannic German Cervelat ← Middle French cervelat ← Latin cerebellum →
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Meanings

nouncervelat (plural cervelats)

plural cervelats

  1. A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.

Origin

  1. Latincerebrum“brain”
  2. Latincerebellum
  3. Middle Frenchcervelat
  4. Alemannic GermanCervelat
  5. Englishcervelat

Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

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Translations

German Cervelat
  • CervelatTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål servelat, servelatpølse
  • servelatTranslations
  • servelatpølseTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

cervelat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervelat

MLA

“cervelat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervelat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cervelat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cervelat.

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