salami

[suh-lah-mee]

noun

1. a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.

salami

/ səˈlɑːmɪ /

noun

1. a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic

Word History and Origins

Origin of salami¹

1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā ( re ) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; sal

Word History and Origins

Origin of salami¹

C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt

Example Sentences

I order the Classic Italian with prosciutto, ham, salami and provolone.

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“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” Tiefer added.

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For meat, a classic hard salami and a thinner meat like prosciutto should do.

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“Exactly,” Hilton continued, explaining how his family had a salami business in Hungary and he had gotten his hands plenty dirty in the past, “doing every aspect of making sausage, including killing the pigs.”

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Vachon, who long taught a class on charcuterie — “we do pâtés, terrines,” he said — was particularly proud of the dry-aging refrigerators, where salami hung.

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