Piedmontese

American  

[peed-mon-teez, -tees] / ˌpid mɒnˈtiz, -ˈtis /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the people or region of Piedmont, Italy.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Piedmontese
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Piedmontese

First recorded in 1635–45; Piedmont + -ese

Example Sentences

What does musky, garlicky rare Piedmontese white truffle taste like if you can't taste anything?

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

Chowhounds will appreciate the twist on the classic Piedmontese vitello tonnato, broadened to embrace “tonno vitellato.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

Cavour threw the bulk of the Piedmontese army into the Papal States, annexing them and heading off Garibaldi.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Lombe wished to figure out how the Piedmontese spun strong yarn from silkworm silk.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2019

He calculated that once the French advanced the Austrians would seek to cover Lombardy, the Piedmontese Turin, and this separation, already morally accomplished, it was to be the French general’s task to accentuate in fact.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various