antipasto
/ˌantɪˈpastəʊ
/noun (plural antipasti /ˌantɪˈpasti/)
(In Italian cooking) an hors d’oeuvre.On Saturday evening there was a banquet with antipasti, sausage, pasta, prosciutto, cheese, salad, dessert, and lots of wine....
- Even before it served its first antipasto, this reservations-free Italian joint had perfected the fundamentals of the BYOB genre.
- We had cocktails in the Eagle first then wine and antipasti in a cosy Italian cucina near Sadlers.
Origin
Italian, from anti- 'before' + pasto (from Latin pastus 'food').