antipasto

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antipasto

/ˌæntiˈpɑstəʊ/
/ˌɑn-/
/-ˈpæs-/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːstəʊ, -æstəʊ

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Borrowed from Italian antipasto (“[food] before the meal”). Doublet of antepast.

noun antipastos · antipasti

An Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood, and vegetables. The antipasto often features fettunta—thin slices of Tuscan bread toasted and salted (the bread itself is unsalted) and perhaps rubbed with garlic (you may prefer to rub it on for yourself, or not if you're due to discuss Uganda or have an interview with Silvio Berlusconi)

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noun Italian starter for a meal

中文	意大利式餐前小吃 Yìdàlì shì cān qián xiǎochī, 拼盤 /拼盘 pīnpán, 冷盤 /冷盘 lěngpán
Português	antepasto
Français	(culin.) hors d'œuvre
Italiano	antipasto
Ελληνικά	ορεκτικό orektikó
Русский	заку́ска zakúska

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@misc{antipasto_2026,
  title = {antipasto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antipasto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}