Parmesan
noun /ˈpɑːməzæn/, /ˌpɑːməˈzæn/
/ˈpɑːrməzɑːn/, /ˈpɑːrməzæn/
(also Parmesan cheese)
[uncountable]- a type of very hard Italian cheese that is usually grated and eaten on Italian foodTopics Foodc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryParmesan is used before these nouns:
- cheese
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, from Italian parmigiano ‘of Parma’, where it was originally made.