🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Tritacarne

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tritaˈkarne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mincer/ˈmɪn.sər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha usato il tritacarne per preparare il ragù."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A kitchen appliance or tool used for finely chopping or grinding food, especially meat.

    "She used the mincer to prepare the meat for the burger patties."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that minces, particularly in a culinary context.

    "The chef is known as a skilled mincer, able to prepare ingredients with precision."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'mincer' originates from the Middle English term 'mincen', which means to chop or cut into small pieces. This term is derived from the Old French 'mincier', which itself comes from the Latin 'minutiare', meaning to make small. Over time, the meaning has evolved to refer specifically to a device used for chopping food.

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