carpaccio

noun

car·​pac·​cio kär-ˈpä-ch(ē-)ō How to pronounce carpaccio (audio)
: thinly sliced raw meat or fish served with a sauce
often used as a postpositive modifier
beef carpaccio

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There are also salads and carpaccio, plus luxurious choices like caviar service and the requisite seafood tower. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 For the first course, guests can select Michael Mina’s tuna tartare, an orchard apple salad with radcicchio and white cheddar, wagyu beef carpaccio, kabocha curry soup, petite romaine cesar with caper dressing or caviar and toro. Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025 Lamb carpaccio with morels, green garlic and pea tendrils in spring. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Over the course of the morning, hundreds of women listened to leading voices in AI and tech, in health and wellness and in venture capital and finance, all while munching on bites of fruit carpaccio, quiche and smoked salmon tartines. Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carpaccio

Word History

Etymology

Vittore Carpaccio; from the prominent use of red in his painting

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carpaccio was in 1974

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“Carpaccio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpaccio. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

Biographical Definition

Carpaccio

biographical name

Car·​pac·​cio kär-ˈpä-ch(ē-ˌ)ō How to pronounce Carpaccio (audio)
Vittore circa 1460–1525(or 1526) Italian painter
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