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DictionarysalamiCured sausage
noun

salami

suh-LAH-mee/səˈlɑːmi/

A cured sausage usually served in cold slices.

The sliced salami shows red meat and flecks of white fat.

A partially sliced cured salami with overlapping thin rounds revealing its characteristic dark red meat, white fat flecks, and pepper specks.
Etymology
salamiItalianspiced pork sausage

Italian salame names a spiced pork sausage, and its connection with Latin sal, “salt,” reflects its salted preparation. English adopted the Italian plural as the name for this kind of sausage.

In context

Premodernist5:54
There are a lot of sausages, for example, that are made through fermentation, like salami for example or chorizo.
Did people eat spoiled meat in the Middle Ages?

More examples

  • She added salami to the sandwich.
  • Several salamis hung in the shop.
  • He sliced the salami thinly.

Forms

salami · salamis

Similar words

sausage
The broad category, including fresh varieties needing cooking.
pepperoni
A particular spicy cured sausage often used on pizza.