parmigiana

English

Alternative forms

• Parmigiana

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Adjective

parmigiana (not comparable)

1. (cooking, postpositive) Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

Noun

parmigiana (usually uncountable, plural parmigianas)

1. (in combination) Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
   • 2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 270:

     Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.

   • 2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486:

     Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.

Further reading

• parmigiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

parmigiana di melanzane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par.miˈd͡ʒa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: par‧mi‧già‧na

Adjective

parmigiana

1. feminine singular of parmigiano

   alla parmigiana ― parmigiana

Noun

parmigiana f (plural parmigiane, masculine parmigiano)

1. (now rare) female equivalent of parmigiano: a woman from Parma

   Synonym: parmense m or f by sense

2. any food cooked with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce; any food cooked alla parmigiana; a parmigiana

Derived terms

• melanzane alla parmigiana
• parmigiana di melanzane

 

Further reading

• parmigiana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it