<Italianzampone (1798 in cookery; 1742 in sense ‘big paw’) <zampa foot, trotter (see zampinon.) + ‑one‑oonsuffix. Compare later zampinon.
Meaning & use
1860–
In Italian cookery: a pig's trotter stuffed with spiced ground pork, then cured and dried.
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
1907
I, too, have been on a pilgrimage,..to Modena, the city of the bucket, the zampone, and the lambrusco.
Fortnightly Review May 801
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
1977
Lambrusco, from Emilia-Romagna, a red that is enjoyed locally with zampone.
Times 3 September 10/6
1989
Zampone is a whole pig's trotter stuffed with finely minced pork, seasoned with pistachio nuts and whole peppercorns.
Wine November 85/1
1995
Zampone are larger and will take 40 minutes to cook.
R. Gray & R. Rogers, River Cafe Cook Book (1996) vi. 239
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.
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.
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
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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.