pastrami

pas·tra·mi

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [puh-strah-mee]
- /pəˈstrɑ mi/
- /pæsˈtrɑː.mi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puh-strah-mee]
- /pəˈstrɑ mi/

Definitions of pastrami word

noun pastrami a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking. 1
noun pastrami seasoned cured beef 1
uncountable noun pastrami Pastrami is strongly seasoned smoked beef. 0
noun pastrami highly seasoned smoked beef, esp prepared from a shoulder cut 0
noun pastrami highly spiced smoked beef, esp. from a shoulder cut 0

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Origin of pastrami

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

1935-40; < Yiddish pastrame < Romanian pastramă pressed, cured meat; a Balkanism of uncertain origin (compare Modern Greek pastramâs, Serbo-Croatian pȁstrma), perhaps ultimately < Turkish pastιrma, taken as variant of bastιrma, equivalent to bastιr-, causative stem of bas- press, squeeze + -ma verbal noun suffix

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Parts of speech for Pastrami

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pastrami popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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