salmi

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noun

A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.

OriginFrench salmis ← Italian salame →
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Meanings

nounsalmi (countable and uncountable, plural salmis)

plural salmis

  1. countablerareuncountableA rich stew or ragout, especially of game.

    She went downstairs to the kitchen and actually cooked little dishes for him. "Isn't it a good salmi?" she said; "I made it for you. I can make you better dishes than that, and will when you come to see me."

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Italiansalame
  2. Frenchsalmis
  3. Englishsalmi

From French salmis, from Italian salame, from sale (“salt”).

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Translations

Bulgarian рагу от дивеч
  • рагу от дивеч (ragu ot diveč)stew
French salmis
  • salmisstew
Italian salmì
  • salmìstew

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

IslammailsSalimsmailMilassimalSmilaSlamimisal
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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