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parmigiana

/ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/adjective, noun

parmigiana is spelled P-A-R-M-I-G-I-A-N-A: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, parmigiana means “Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in parmigiana?

Letters10: P-A-R-M-I-G-I-A-N-A
In writingabout once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is parmigiana?

Parmigiana appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce parmigiana?

  • US /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
  • UK /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with parmigiana?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parmigiana from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnə/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of parmigiana

  • parmigianas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does parmigiana mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

noun

  1. 1

    Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does parmigiana come from?

Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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