Piedmontese

American  

[peed-mon-teez, -tees] / ˌpid mɒnˈtiz, -ˈtis /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the people or region of Piedmont, Italy.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Piedmontese
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Piedmontese

First recorded in 1635–45; Piedmont + -ese

Example Sentences

Bagna cauda, the Piedmontese anchovy-laden dipping sauce, gives crisp cucumber spears a deeply savory edge.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Cavour threw the bulk of the Piedmontese army into the Papal States, annexing them and heading off Garibaldi.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Lombe wished to figure out how the Piedmontese spun strong yarn from silkworm silk.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2019

Over the years, he’s made it more authentically Piedmontese by using Arneis wine in the braising liquid.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2019

The Piedmontese are charm’d with their new King, and indeed, he is a Prince that has the Qualities of a good Monarch: He is humane, compassionate, generous and beneficent.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von