"caciocavallo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/ Forms: caciocavallos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|caciocavallo}} Italian caciocavallo, {{af|it|cacio|a cavallo|nocat=1|t1=cheese|t2=on horseback}} cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), {{bor|en|scn|casucavaḍḍu}} Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, {{doublet|en|kashkaval}} Doublet of kashkaval Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} caciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos)
  1. An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South. Wikipedia link: caciocavallo Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Cheeses Related terms: kashkaval Translations (Italian cheese type): kaçkavall [masculine] (Albanian), قَشْقَوَان (qašqawān) [masculine] (Arabic), կաչոկավալո (kačʻokavalo) (Armenian), кашкава́л (kaškavál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), качокавало (kačokavalo) (Bulgarian), caciocavallo (Finnish), caciocavallo [masculine] (French), kachkaval [masculine] (French), Caciocavallo [masculine] (German), Kaschkawal (German), κασκαβάλι (kaskaváli) [neuter] (Greek), קשקבל (Hebrew), kaskavál (Hungarian), caciocavallo [masculine] (Italian), カチョカヴァッロ (kachokavarro) (Japanese), 카치오카발로 (kachiokaballo) (Korean), cascabellus [masculine] (Latin), кашкавал (kaškaval) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaszkawał [masculine] (Polish), cașcaval [neuter] (Romanian), качокава́лло (kačokavállo) [masculine] (Russian), кашкава́л (kaškavál) [masculine] (Russian), качка̀ва̄љ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kačkàvālj [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), casucavaḍḍu [masculine] (Sicilian), cosacavaḍḍu [masculine] (Sicilian), kaşkaval (Turkish), качіокава́ло (kačiokaválo) (Ukrainian), kačokavallo (Veps)

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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kaškaval",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кашкавал"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaszkawał"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cașcaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kačokavállo",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "качокава́лло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kaškavál",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кашкава́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "качка̀ва̄љ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kačkàvālj"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casucavaḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cosacavaḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "word": "kaşkaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kačiokaválo",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "word": "качіокава́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "Italian cheese type",
      "word": "kačokavallo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caciocavallo"
}

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