pecorino

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pecorino, from pecora (sheep).

Noun

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pecorino (countable and uncountable, plural pecorinos or pecorini)

  1. Any of a family of Italian hard cheeses made from ewe's milk.
    • 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 282:
      Later that evening the two of them sat together in the tiny pantry just off the kitchen, the residue of pecorino cheese and cuts of hanging smoked pork strong and delicious around them.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian pecorino.

Pronunciation

Noun

pecorino

  1. pecorino (cheese)

Declension

Inflection of pecorino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pecorino pecorinot
genitive pecorinon pecorinojen
partitive pecorinoa pecorinoja
illative pecorinoon pecorinoihin
singular plural
nominative pecorino pecorinot
accusative nom. pecorino pecorinot
gen. pecorinon
genitive pecorinon pecorinojen
partitive pecorinoa pecorinoja
inessive pecorinossa pecorinoissa
elative pecorinosta pecorinoista
illative pecorinoon pecorinoihin
adessive pecorinolla pecorinoilla
ablative pecorinolta pecorinoilta
allative pecorinolle pecorinoille
essive pecorinona pecorinoina
translative pecorinoksi pecorinoiksi
abessive pecorinotta pecorinoitta
instructive pecorinoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pecorino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pecorinoni pecorinoni
accusative nom. pecorinoni pecorinoni
gen. pecorinoni
genitive pecorinoni pecorinojeni
partitive pecorinoani pecorinojani
inessive pecorinossani pecorinoissani
elative pecorinostani pecorinoistani
illative pecorinooni pecorinoihini
adessive pecorinollani pecorinoillani
ablative pecorinoltani pecorinoiltani
allative pecorinolleni pecorinoilleni
essive pecorinonani pecorinoinani
translative pecorinokseni pecorinoikseni
abessive pecorinottani pecorinoittani
instructive
comitative pecorinoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pecorinosi pecorinosi
accusative nom. pecorinosi pecorinosi
gen. pecorinosi
genitive pecorinosi pecorinojesi
partitive pecorinoasi pecorinojasi
inessive pecorinossasi pecorinoissasi
elative pecorinostasi pecorinoistasi
illative pecorinoosi pecorinoihisi
adessive pecorinollasi pecorinoillasi
ablative pecorinoltasi pecorinoiltasi
allative pecorinollesi pecorinoillesi
essive pecorinonasi pecorinoinasi
translative pecorinoksesi pecorinoiksesi
abessive pecorinottasi pecorinoittasi
instructive
comitative pecorinoinesi

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From pecora +‎ -ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.koˈri.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: pe‧co‧rì‧no

Adjective

pecorino (feminine pecorina, masculine plural pecorini, feminine plural pecorine)

  1. (relational) sheep
  2. (figurative) sheeplike, sheepish
    Synonym: pecoresco

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorini)

  1. pecorino (cheese made with sheep milk)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pekoˈɾino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: pe‧co‧ri‧no

Noun

pecorino m (plural pecorinos)

  1. pecorino

Swedish

Noun

pecorino ?

  1. pecorino (cheese)