Meanings
nounmascarpone (usually uncountable, plural mascarpones)
plural mascarpones
- uncountableusuallyA soft, creamy Italian cheese that is not pressed or aged; often used in desserts.
Chic cosmopolitan design meets authentic pizza Napoletana in more than a dozen styles, including the red sauce capriciosa — with artichokes, Taggiasca olives and prosciutto cotto — and white-sauce speck and mascarpone.
'2026, Benjamin Epstein, The Irvine Standard: Dining from A to Z, page 4
Origin
- Italianmascarpone
- Englishmascarpone
Borrowed from Italian mascarpone, from Lombard.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto maskarpono
- maskarponocheese
Finnish mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
French mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
German Mascarpone
- Mascarponecheese
Italian mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
Japanese マスカルポーネ, マスカポーネ
- マスカルポーネ (masukarupōne)cheese
- マスカポーネ (masukapōne)cheese
- マスケルポーネ (masukerupōne)cheese
Korean 마스카르포네
- 마스카르포네 (maseukareupone)cheese
Polish mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
Portuguese mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
Russian маскарпо́не
- маскарпо́не (maskarpóne)cheese
Spanish mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
Swedish mascarpone
- mascarponecheese
Ukrainian маскарпоне
- маскарпоне (maskarpone)cheese
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mascarpone
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mascarpone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mascarpone
MLA
“mascarpone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mascarpone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mascarpone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mascarpone.
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