zampone

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English

Etymology

From Italian zampone.

Noun

zampone (countable and uncountable, plural zamponi)

  1. In Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.

Italian

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Etymology

From zampa (animal leg, paw) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */t͡samˈpo.ne/, */d͡zamˈpo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: zam‧pó‧ne

Noun

zampone m (plural zamponi)

  1. Augmentative of zampa
  2. in Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils

Descendants

  • English: zampone

See also

Further reading

  • zampone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • zampone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • zampone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • zampone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • zampóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • zampóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana