cervelas
English
editNoun
editcervelas
- Alternative form of cervelat
- 2021, Alexander Lobrano, My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris, page 101:
- Garnished with natty sprigs of chervil, the cervelas was almost deceptively angelic, with buttery notes of pistachio balanced by small chunks of black truffle, which landed on the palate like tiny earthy comets.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian cervellato, from cervellata, adaptation of Old Milanese Lombard zervelada, derived from Latin cerebellum (“brain”), whence also French cerveau.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcervelas m (plural cervelas)
Further reading
edit- “cervelas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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