salami

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UK/səˈlɑːmi/British, Southern, Standard/səˈlɑːmɪj/US/ˌsəˈlɑmi/Australia/səˈlɐːmi/

noun

A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.

Meanings

salami1

nounsalami (countable and uncountable, plural salamis)

plural salamis · alternative salame

  1. countableuncountableA large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
  2. countableuncountableball gamesA grand slam.
  3. countableslanguncountableThe penis.

    To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history.

    2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101

Salami2

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Latinsal
  2. Italiansalami
  3. Englishsalami

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

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Translations

Afrikaans salami
  • salamisausage
Arabic سَلَامِي
  • سَلَامِي (salāmī)sausage
Bulgarian сала́м
  • сала́м (salám)sausage
Catalan salami
  • salamisausage
Chinese Mandarin 薩拉米 /萨拉米, 莎樂美 /莎乐美
  • 薩拉米 /萨拉米 (sàlāmǐ)sausage
  • 莎樂美 /莎乐美 (shālèměi)sausage
Czech salám
  • salámsausage
Danish salami
  • salamisausage
Esperanto salamo
  • salamosausage
Finnish salami
  • salamisausage
French salami
  • salamisausage
German Salami
  • Salamisausage
Greek σαλάμι
  • σαλάμι (salámi)sausage
Hebrew סָלָמִי
  • סָלָמִי (salámi)sausage
Hindi सलामी
  • सलामी (salāmī)sausage
Hungarian szalámi
  • szalámisausage
Italian salame
  • salamesausage
Japanese サラミ
  • サラミ (sarami)sausage
Korean 살라미
  • 살라미 (sallami)sausage
Latin salāmen
  • salāmensausage
Latvian salami
  • salamisausage
Lithuanian saliamis
  • saliamissausage
Norwegian Bokmål salami, salamipølse
  • salamisausage
  • salamipølsesausage
Polish salami
  • salamisausage
Portuguese salame
  • salamesausage
Romanian salam
  • salamsausage
Russian саля́ми
  • саля́ми (saljámi)sausage
Slovak saláma
  • salámasausage
Spanish salami
  • salamisausage
Swedish salami
  • salamisausage
Tagalog salami
  • salamisausage
Thai ซาลามี
  • ซาลามีsausage
Turkish salam
  • salamsausage
Ukrainian саля́мі
  • саля́мі (saljámi)sausage
Urdu سَلامی
  • سَلامی (salāmī)sausage
Vietnamese xúc xích ý
  • xúc xích ýsausage
Yiddish סאַלאַמי
  • סאַלאַמי (salami)sausage

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

salami. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salami

MLA

“salami.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salami. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salami,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salami.

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