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salami en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /səˈlame/ (Scotland)
  • /ˌsəˈlɑmi/ (US)
  • /səˈlɐːmi/ (Australia)
  • /səˈlɑːmɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /-mɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /səˈlɐːmi/ (New-Zealand)
  • /səˈlɑːmi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-mi/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin, served in slices.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A grand slam.
  3. (countable, slang, uncountable) The penis.
    • To this day Katie thought wistfully of the night in his apartment when his salami had split her loins sending her into a state of sexual ecstasy unmatched in human history. 2001, Bob Drews, Sandman, page 101:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
salame alternative lexicographic
salamis Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

salami-slice · salami technique · salami attack · winter salami · salami publication · grand salami · salami publishing · salami slicing · hide the salami · salami tactics · slap the salami

Hypernyms

salumi · salume

Translations (57)

uk саля́мі (sausage) · bg сала́м (sausage) · mk сала́ма (sausage) · sv salami (sausage) · tr salam (sausage) · pl salami (sausage) · ur سَلامی (sausage) · it salame (sausage) · da salami (sausage) · el σαλάμι (sausage) · hu szalámi (sausage) · he סָלָמִי (sausage) · sk saláma (sausage) · uz salyami (sausage) · hy սալյամի (sausage) · uz salam (sausage) · ar سَلَامِي (sausage) · kw salami (sausage) · ca salami (sausage) · tk salam (sausage) · ja サラミ (sausage) · ky салями (sausage) · cmn 莎樂美 /莎乐美 (sausage) · gl salame (sausage) · fi salami (sausage) · th ซาลามี (sausage) · ka სალიამი (sausage) · lv salami (sausage) · nb salamipølse (sausage) · nb salami (sausage) · az salyami (sausage) · de Salami (sausage) · ko 살라미 (sausage) · mr सलामी (sausage) · be саля́мі (sausage) · ro salam (sausage) · yi סאַלאַמי (sausage) · tl salami (sausage) · lt saliamis (sausage) · sq sallam (sausage) · vi xúc xích ý (sausage) · pms salam (sausage) · am ሳላሚ (sausage) · ru саля́ми (sausage) · cs salám (sausage) · eo salamo (sausage) · cmn 薩拉米 /萨拉米 (sausage) · af salami (sausage) · sh сала́ма (sausage) · my ဆလာမီ (sausage) · hi सलामी (sausage) · es salami (sausage) · la salāmen (sausage) · pt salame (sausage) · fa-ira سالامی (sausage) · fr salami (sausage) · sh saláma (sausage)