salume

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noun

Cured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style.

Similar
charcuterie
OriginItalian salume →
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Meanings

nounsalume (countable and uncountable, plural salumi)

plural salumi

  1. countableuncountablecookingCured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style.

    The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with […] fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.

    2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: charcuterie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style.

Similar
charcuterie
Also see
salumi

Origin

  1. Italiansalume
  2. Englishsalume

From Italian salume.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Samuelmusealamelussulemasemula
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APA

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MLA

“salume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salume. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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