Bolognese

[ boh-luh-neez, -nees, -luhn-yeez, -yees; for 2 also boh-luhn-yeyz, -yey-zee or, Italian, baw-law-nye-ze ]

/ ˌboʊ ləˈniz, -ˈnis, -lənˈyiz, -ˈyis; for 2 also ˌboʊ lənˈyeɪz, -ˈyeɪ zi or, Italian, ˌbɔ lɔˈnyɛ zɛ /

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adjective

of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants.

Italian Cooking. served with a cream sauce typically containing prosciutto, ground beef, and cheese.

Fine Arts. noting a style or manner of painting developed in Bologna during the late 16th century by the Carracci, characterized chiefly by forms and colors derived from the Roman high renaissance and from the Venetians.

noun, plural Bo·lo·gnese.

a native or inhabitant of Bologna.

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Origin of Bolognese

From Italian, dating back to 1750–60; see origin at Bologna, -ese

Words nearby Bolognese

bollworm, Bollywood, bolo, bologna, bologna sausage, Bolognese, bolometer, bolometric magnitude, boloney, bolo tie, Bolshevik

How to use Bolognese in a sentence

In fall, she serves the popular Bolognese on pasta made from chestnut flour, and autumn is more luscious because of it.
2021 Fall Dining Guide|Tom Sietsema|October 6, 2021|Washington Post
The online delivery grocer FreshDirect uses it in meatballs, lasagna, Bolognese and meatloaf.
It’s time to show ground turkey a little respect|Rob Petrone|May 31, 2021|Washington Post
Customers come for $25 pasta kits that feed three or four — Bolognese and cacio e pepe sauce have been top sellers so far.
Cannoli kits and prime aged steaks: Here’s how the pandemic has revolutionized vending machines|Laura Reiley|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
His prophecy kicked off a vertiginous frenzy of doomsaying, and he was thrown in jail by fearful Bolognese officials.
The Volcano That Rewrote History|William O’Connor|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.
Italy Plans a Disneyland for Foodies|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi.
‘Premium Rush’ Star Jamie Chung on Her Road From ‘The Real World’ to Hollywood|Marlow Stern|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I dropped a fork full of spaghetti bolognese when I heard these words from the TV screen.
Did We All Go Mad?|Tina Brown|December 15, 2008|DAILY BEAST
He had fought for the Italian liberty in the year 1831, when the Bolognese revolution broke out.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi
He dearly loved the Romans and Venetians; we believe to-day that he loved almost too dearly the Bolognese.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
The heads on Bolognese shoulders are worth little purchase, and who leaves not the town to-night will never leave the town at all.
Modernities|Horace Barnett Samuel
We know nothing of the Ludovico referred to as the maker, but who, as is noted, was a Bolognese.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson
A Bolognese painter, studied under his cousin, Lodovico, who advised him to study the works of Correggio.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society|anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for Bolognese

Bolognese

/ (ˌbɒləˈniːz, -ˈneɪz) /

adjective

of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Bologna

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