zampone, n.

zampone
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zampone_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 2006

# zamponenoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zampone mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zampone. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the noun zampone?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1870 | 0.00006
1880 | 0.0001
1890 | 0.00008
1900 | 0.0001
1910 | 0.0001
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0005
1940 | 0.0008
1950 | 0.0012
1960 | 0.0018
1970 | 0.0021
1980 | 0.0025
1990 | 0.0027
2000 | 0.0031
2010 | 0.0032

### How is the noun zampone pronounced?

#### British English

/zamˈpəʊni/
zam-POH-nee

#### U.S. English

/zæmˈpoʊni/
zam-POH-nee

### Where does the noun zampone come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the noun zampone is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zampone is from 1860, in Examiner.

zampone is a borrowing from Italian.

Etymons: Italian zampone.

### Nearby entries

1. zamburak, n. 1825–
2. zami, n. 1977–
3. Zamia, n. 1819–
4. zamindar, n. 1683–
5. zamindari, n. & adj. 1742–
6. zamindarship, n. 1698–1902
7. zamioid, adj. 1860–
8. zamorin, n. 1582–
9. zampino, n. 1881–
10. zampogna, n. 1740–
11. zampone, n.1860–
12. zamzawed, adj. 1743–
13. Zamzummim, n. 1530–
14. Zande, n. 1873–
15. zander, n. 1854–
16. zanella, n. 1876–
17. zanily, adv. 1936–
18. zaniness, n. 1933–
19. Zante, n. 1615–
20. Zantedeschia, n. 1836–
21. ZANU, n. 1963–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Italian.
Etymon: Italian zampone.
< Italian zampone (1798 in cookery; 1742 in sense ‘big paw’) < zampa foot, trotter (see zampino n.) + ‑one ‑oon suffix. Compare later zampino n.

## Meaning & use

1. 1860–
   In Italian cookery: a pig's trotter stuffed with spiced ground pork, then cured and dried.
   1. 1860

      > A curious despatch from the Modenese envoy..is about a peculiar sort of pigs' feet, known at Modena as ‘Zamponi’, for which delicacy the town is famous... ‘I have solicited an audience of his Holiness to present the forty-eight Zamponi, as Cardinal Gonsalvi refused to have any...’

      Examiner 28 January 59/2
   2. 1907

      > I, too, have been on a pilgrimage,..to Modena, the city of the bucket, the zampone, and the lambrusco.

      Fortnightly Review May 801
   3. 1954

      > Soak the zampone for 12 hours in cold water. Loosen the strings which are tied round it, and make two incisions with a sharp knife in the form of a cross between the trotters.

      E. David, Italian Food 220
   4. 1977

      > Lambrusco, from Emilia-Romagna, a red that is enjoyed locally with zampone.

      Times 3 September 10/6
   5. 1989

      > Zampone is a whole pig's trotter stuffed with finely minced pork, seasoned with pistachio nuts and whole peppercorns.

      Wine November 85/1
   6. 1995

      > Zampone are larger and will take 40 minutes to cook.

      R. Gray & R. Rogers, River Cafe Cook Book (1996) vi. 239
   food and cooking

## Pronunciation

### British English

/zamˈpəʊni/
zam-POH-nee

### U.S. English

/zæmˈpoʊni/
zam-POH-nee

###
Plural: zamponi

### British English

/zamˈpəʊni/
zam-POH-nee

### U.S. English

/zæmˈpoʊni/
zam-POH-nee

###
Plural: zampone

### British English

/zamˈpəʊni/
zam-POH-nee

### U.S. English

/zæmˈpoʊni/
zam-POH-nee

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Forms

### Inflections

Plural: zamponi ( British English /zamˈpəʊni/ (zam-POH-nee) , U.S. English /zæmˈpoʊni/ (zam-POH-nee) ), unchanged ( British English /zamˈpəʊni/ (zam-POH-nee) , U.S. English /zæmˈpoʊni/ (zam-POH-nee) )

## Frequency

zampone typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zampone is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zampone, n., 1870–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1870 | 0.00006
1880 | 0.0001
1890 | 0.00008
1900 | 0.0001
1910 | 0.0001
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0005
1940 | 0.0008
1950 | 0.0012
1960 | 0.0018
1970 | 0.0021
1980 | 0.0025
1990 | 0.0027
2000 | 0.0031
2010 | 0.0032

zampone, n. was first published in March 2006.

zampone, n. was last modified in June 2024.