noun
carpaccio
noun
1
A dish of very thinly sliced raw meat or fish, typically served cold as an appetizer.
"The restaurant's beef carpaccio was drizzled with olive oil and shaved parmesan."
How to Use Carpaccio
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThin raw slices of meat or fish, usually served as a starter with oil, lemon, or shavings of cheese.
Common pairings
beef carpaccio
tuna carpaccio
salmon carpaccio
Word Forms
carpaccios plural
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Etymology
Named after the Italian Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio, supposedly because the dish's deep red colour reminded its Venetian inventor of the artist's paintings.