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caciocavallo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/
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noun

Meaning 1

An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kaçkavall — Italian cheese type
  • Arabic: قَشْقَوَان (qašqawān) — Italian cheese type
  • Armenian: կաչոկավալո (kačʻokavalo) — Italian cheese type
  • Bulgarian: кашкава́л (kaškavál) — Italian cheese type
  • Bulgarian: качокавало (kačokavalo) — Italian cheese type
  • Finnish: caciocavallo — Italian cheese type
  • French: caciocavallo — Italian cheese type
  • French: kachkaval — Italian cheese type
  • German: Caciocavallo — Italian cheese type
  • German: Kaschkawal — Italian cheese type
  • Greek: κασκαβάλι (kaskaváli) — Italian cheese type
  • Hebrew: קשקבל — Italian cheese type
  • Hungarian: kaskavál — Italian cheese type
  • Italian: caciocavallo — Italian cheese type
  • Japanese: カチョカヴァッロ (kachokavarro) — Italian cheese type
  • Korean: 카치오카발로 (kachiokaballo) — Italian cheese type
  • Latin: cascabellus — Italian cheese type
  • Macedonian: кашкавал (kaškaval) — Italian cheese type
  • Polish: kaszkawał — Italian cheese type
  • Romanian: cașcaval — Italian cheese type
  • Russian: качокава́лло (kačokavállo) — Italian cheese type
  • Russian: кашкава́л (kaškavál) — Italian cheese type
  • Serbo-Croatian: качка̀ва̄љ — Italian cheese type
  • Serbo-Croatian: kačkàvālj — Italian cheese type
  • Sicilian: casucavaḍḍu — Italian cheese type
  • Sicilian: cosacavaḍḍu — Italian cheese type
  • Turkish: kaşkaval — Italian cheese type
  • Ukrainian: качіокава́ло (kačiokaválo) — Italian cheese type
  • Veps: kačokavallo — Italian cheese type