caciocavallo

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɑːtʃəʊkəˈvɑːləʊ/ === Noun === caciocavallo (usually uncountable, plural caciocavallos) An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === caciocavallo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === From cacio (“cheese”) +‎ cavallo (“horse”), inherited from Old Italian. More likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian casucavaḍḍu (or from dialectal cascavaḍḍu). Doublet of cosacavaddu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃo.kaˈval.lo/ (central Italian) IPA(key): [ˌkaʃokaˈvallo] Rhymes: -allo Hyphenation: ca‧cio‧ca‧vàl‧lo === Noun === caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli) caciocavallo === Further reading === caciocavallo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it