"caciocavallo" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ka.t͡ʃo.kaˈval.lo/, [ˌkaʃokaˈvallo] (note: central Italy) Forms: caciocavalli [plural], cacicavalli [plural]
Rhymes: -allo Etymology: From cacio (“cheese”) + cavallo (“horse”), inherited from Old Italian. More likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian casucavaḍḍu (or from dialectal cascavaḍḍu). Doublet of cosacavaddu. Etymology templates: {{af|it|cacio|cavallo|t1=cheese|t2=horse}} cacio (“cheese”) + cavallo (“horse”), {{clq|it|nap|-|notext=1}} Neapolitan, {{bor|it|scn|casucavaḍḍu}} Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, {{doublet|it|cosacavaddu}} Doublet of cosacavaddu Head templates: {{it-noun|m|+,cacicavalli}} caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)
  1. caciocavallo Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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