Meanings
nounpecorino (countable and uncountable, plural pecorinos or pecorini)
plural pecorinos · plural pecorini
- countableuncountableAny of a family of Italian hard cheeses made from ewe's milk.
Later that evening the two of them sat together in the tiny pantry just off the kitchen, the residue of pecorino cheese and cuts of hanging smoked pork strong and delicious around them.
2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 282
Origin
- Italianpecorino
- Englishpecorino
Borrowed from Italian pecorino, from pecora (“sheep”).
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Italian pecorino
- pecorinoItalian hard cheese
Polish pecorino
- pecorinoItalian hard cheese
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