provolone

English

A table with provolone wheels on it and fresh provolone balls hanging over it

Fresh provolone

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian provolone, augmentative of provola.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊvəloʊn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊvəˈloʊni/

Noun

provolone (usually uncountable, plural provolones)

A semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.

Translations

type of cheese

French: provolone (fr) m
Italian: provolone (it) m
Japanese: プロヴォローネ (purovorōne)

Further reading

provolone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From provola +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pro.voˈlo.ne/
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: pro‧vo‧ló‧ne

Noun

provolone m (plural provoloni)

Augmentative of provola
provolone (semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows)

Further reading

provolone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink, 2nd ed., Oxford, 2002.

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