carpaccio

[kahr-pah-choh, ‐chee-oh]

noun

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

Origin of carpaccio

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

Carpaccio

[kahr-paht-chaw]

noun

Vit·to·re [veet-taw-re] /vitˈtɔ rɛ/, c1450–1525, Venetian painter.

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Examples from the Web for carpaccio

Historical Examples of carpaccio

The double N puzzled me at first, but Carpaccio spells anyhow.
Hortus Inclusus
John Ruskin
A morning with Tintoretto might well be followed by a morning with Carpaccio or Bellini.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
Pupil of Bellini and Carpaccio, he combined the qualities of both.
Venice
Dorothy Menpes
It will be remembered that Carpaccio painted a very similar subject.
Bernardino Luini
James Mason
Ruskin did but popularise Carpaccio, and buy and sell Turner.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler
Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for carpaccio

carpaccio

noun plural -os

an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish

Word Origin for carpaccio

possibly after the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio (?1460–?1525)

Carpaccio

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for carpaccio

raw meat or fish served as an appetizer, late 20c., from Italian, often connected to the name of Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio (c.1460-1526) but without any plausible explanation except perhaps that his pictures often feature an orange-red hue reminiscent of some raw meat.