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• carpaccio
  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

Example Sentences

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

The elevated snack tray comes with crudités alongside a pesto yogurt sauce, a tuna tostada, a carpaccio hand roll, shrimp toast and a refreshing, fruity and herbaceous granita that comes in a hollowed-out tangerine rind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

She leans on what she knows and plays up those flavors: the koji-marinated tomato in the oyster dish, the acid from the oranges in the butternut squash carpaccio.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

“Nobu, they have much more European dishes, using Japanese fish done carpaccio style,” he said.

From New York Times • May 22, 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