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  carpaccio

  noun

  an appetizer of thinly sliced raw beef served with a vinaigrette or other piquant sauce.
• Carpaccio
  Carpaccio

  noun

  Vittore c1450–1525, Venetian painter.

carpaccio

¹ American  

[kahr-pah-choh, ‑chee-oh] / kɑrˈpɑ tʃoʊ, ‑tʃiˌoʊ /

noun

1. an appetizer of thinly sliced raw beef served with a vinaigrette or other piquant sauce.

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Carpaccio ² American  

[kahr-paht-chaw] / kɑrˈpɑt tʃɔ /

noun

1. Vittore c1450–1525, Venetian painter.

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Carpaccio ¹ British  

/ ˌkɑːˈpætʃɪəʊ, karˈpattʃo, -tʃəʊ /

noun

1. Vittore (vitˈtoːre). ?1460–?1525, Italian painter of the Venetian school

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carpaccio ² British  

/ ˌkɑːˈpætʃɪəʊ, karˈpattʃo /

noun

1. an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish

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Etymology

Origin of carpaccio

After V. Carpaccio; said to have been introduced under this name c1961 at Harry's Bar, a Venetian restaurant

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Upon introducing myself, Hipólito Raposo sat me down and ordered me tomato carpaccio, fish soup and a glass of house wine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The starter is a nod to McIlroy's favourite New York restaurant, Le Bernardin, where the 36-year-old always orders yellowfin tuna carpaccio.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

One of Brandt’s favorite dishes currently flying is a Jain-style butternut squash carpaccio with Pav Bhaji masala orange segments, cilantro, a coconut-squash puree and toasted coconut flakes.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

By the pool, she dials up room service to order a small feast of carpaccio, hummus and calamari; she asks for two beers, as well, though those aren’t for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

These are regions where we traditionally eat raw or undercooked fish dishes such as sushi and sashimi, ceviche and carpaccio, pickled or pickled anchovies, Hawaiian-style salmon lomi-lomi and salted herring.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2023

Seafood carpaccio didn't exist at that time, and I think Cipriani in Venice created the beef carpaccio during the Carpaccio exhibit, I don't remember which year, but it was way before.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023

Carpaccio was a painter, a famous painter during the Renaissance.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023

The show, “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice,” is set to move to Venice’s showcase Palazzo Ducale on March 18.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

Few people know that the dish is named for a lesser-known Venetian, the Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio, because of the intense red hues he favored.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

Nor was there too much of it: the room was austere, not even so full as a Carpaccio interior.

From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie