Meanings
nounosso buco (uncountable)
alternative ossobuco · alternative osso bucco
- uncountableA northern Italian dish of veal shanks and marrowbones braised in white wine, tomatoes, etc., often served with risotto.
Origin
- Italianossobuco
- Englishosso buco
From Italian ossobuco (a compound of osso (“bone”) + buco (“hole”, or as an adjective, “hollow”)).
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Arabic أُوسُّو بُوكُو
- أُوسُّو بُوكُو (ʔosso būko)Italian meat dish
Chinese Mandarin 燴牛膝 /烩牛膝
- 燴牛膝 /烩牛膝 (huìniúxī)Italian meat dish
Dutch ossobuco
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
Estonian osso buco
- osso bucoItalian meat dish
Finnish osso buco
- osso bucoItalian meat dish
French osso buco, ossobuco
- osso bucoItalian meat dish
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
German Ossobuco
- OssobucoItalian meat dish
Greek οσομπούκο
- οσομπούκο (osompoúko)Italian meat dish
Hebrew אוֹסוֹבּוּקוֹ
- אוֹסוֹבּוּקוֹ (osobúko)Italian meat dish
Hungarian lyukas csont, ossobuco
- lyukas csontItalian meat dish
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
Italian ossobuco, osso buco
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
- osso bucoItalian meat dish
Japanese オッソブーコ, オッソ・ブーコ
- オッソブーコItalian meat dish
- オッソ・ブーコ (osso būko)Italian meat dish
Korean 오소부코
- 오소부코 (osobuko)Italian meat dish
Portuguese ossobuco
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
Russian о̀ссобу́ко
- о̀ссобу́ко (òssobúko)Italian meat dish
Spanish ossobuco, osobuco
- ossobucoItalian meat dish
- osobucoItalian meat dish
Ukrainian о̀собу́ко, о̀ссобу́ко
- о̀собу́ко (òsobúko)Italian meat dish
- о̀ссобу́ко (òssobúko)Italian meat dish
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APA
osso buco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osso%20buco
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“osso buco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osso%20buco. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osso buco,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osso%20buco.
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