salami

[suh-lah-mee]

noun

1. a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.

salami

/ səˈlɑːmɪ /

noun

1. a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic

Word History and Origins

Origin of salami¹

1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā ( re ) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; sal

Word History and Origins

Origin of salami¹

C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt

Example Sentences

For meat, a classic hard salami and a thinner meat like prosciutto should do.

From Salon

“Exactly,” Hilton continued, explaining how his family had a salami business in Hungary and he had gotten his hands plenty dirty in the past, “doing every aspect of making sausage, including killing the pigs.”

From Los Angeles Times

Vachon, who long taught a class on charcuterie — “we do pâtés, terrines,” he said — was particularly proud of the dry-aging refrigerators, where salami hung.

From Los Angeles Times

At the center of that deliriously hopeful dinner is the aforementioned timpano: a hulking, drum-shaped marvel filled with layers of pasta, meatballs, salami, hard-boiled eggs, cheese and ragù.

From Salon

But instead – using the technique of saucissonnage, or the practice of tying them up like a saucisson, a salami - the man bound her with zip ties and duct tape, and left her in the bathroom.

From BBC