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salami

French, noun/sa.la.mi/

salami is spelled S-A-L-A-M-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salami is a French masculine noun meaning “salami” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Saucisson de grande taille d’origine italienne”.

What does salami mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesalami

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Saucisson de grande taille d’origine italienne. 2. Ensemble découpé en infimes parties.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of salami

  • salamis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce salami?

  • /sa.la.mi/
  • \sa.la.mi\
  • [lə sa.la.mi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to salami

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is salami in French?

salami appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

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

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