caciocavallo

See also: Caciocavallo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) and a cavallo (“on horseback”), from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry.

Noun

caciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos)

An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily.

Translations

Italian cheese type

Albanian: kaçkavall (sq) m
Arabic: قشقوان‎‎, كاتشوكافالو‎‎
Armenian: կաչոկավալո (kačʿokavalo)
Bulgarian: кашкавал (bg) m (kaškaval), качокавало (kačokavalo)
Finnish: caciocavallo
French: caciocavallo (fr) m
German: Caciocavallo (de) m, Kaschkawal
Greek: κασκαβάλι (el) n (kaskaváli)
Hebrew: קשקבל‎‎
Italian: caciocavallo (it) m
Japanese: カチョカヴァッロ (kachokavarro)
Korean: 카치오카발로 (kachiokaballo)

Latin: cascabellus m
Macedonian: кашкавал m (kaškaval)
Polish: kaszkawał m
Romanian: cașcaval (ro) n
Russian: качокава́лло (kačokavállo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: качка̀ва̄љ m

Latin: kačkàvālj (sh) m
Sicilian: caciucavaddu (scn) m, casicavaddu (scn) m, casciucavaddu (scn) m, cascavaddu (scn) m, casacavaddu (scn) m, casucavaddu (scn) m
Turkish: kaşkaval (tr)
Ukrainian: качіокава́ло (kačiokaválo)
Veps: kačokavallo

Italian

Etymology

Compound of cacio (“cheese”) +‎ cavallo (“horse”). See above.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃo.kaˈval.lo/, [kät͡ʃo̞käˈväl̺ːo̞]
Rhymes: -allo
Hyphenation: ca‧cio‧ca‧vàl‧lo

Noun

caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)

caciocavallo

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