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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

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

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

But, we have the carpaccio that was originally created at Le Bernardin in 1986 when Le Bernardin opened.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 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

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

It is classic Carpaccio, a combination of narrative storytelling and attention to detail.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

They are remarkable for spontaneous and original decoration, and may compare with the ceremonial groups of Gentile Bellini and Carpaccio.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Evelyn March Phillipps