ossobuco Italian · revision 38716

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound, calque|attested=before 1869, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti|origins=lmo òs büs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌɔs.soˈbu.ko/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ossobuco''' ''m'' (plural ossibuchi)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written as two words, [[osso buco]], with the plural ''ossi buchi''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) Treccani also notes the rarer plural ''ossobuchi''.^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|osso|buco|t1=bone|t2=hole]], adapted from [[lmo|òs büs|t=bored bone]] of Milan.^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary) The name refers to the round slice of shank bone with its hollow full of marrow at the centre of each cut.^(GDLI|12, 237)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI and GRADIT date the word to Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, who died in 1869, and Sabatini–Coletti has 1853.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) GDLI quotes Tarchetti's remark that the Milanese, besides being good citizens who love Italy, also love risotto and ''osso buco''.^(GDLI|12, 237) The sense is already the cut of veal shank cooked as a dish.^(GDLI|12, 237)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word spread with Milanese cooking: GDLI quotes Emilio De Marchi's character going to lunch on an ''osso buco'' with spaghetti, and Marino Moretti setting ''ossobuco'' and the buttery cutlet against the Florentine steak.^(GDLI|12, 237) Panzini's dictionary still printed it as two words in 1905 and as one in the edition of 1918.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The cut and the dish have kept the same name: ''ossibuchi alla milanese'' are braised and seasoned with a mixture of parsley, garlic and lemon peel, or with a white-wine sauce, sometimes with tomato.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) English has ''osso buco'' from 1934 and French from 1954.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1853 – Sabatini–Coletti's date for the first record.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ * Before 1869 – Iginio Ugo Tarchetti writes of the Milanese love of ''osso buco''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|12, 237)

+ * 1905 – Panzini's dictionary lists ''osso buco'' in two words.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1918 – A later edition of Panzini spells it ''ossobuco''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1934 – English ''osso buco'' is first recorded.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1954 – French ''osso buco'' is first recorded.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cut]] of veal from the middle of the [[m|en|shank]], a cross-section of the shin bone with its [[m|en|marrow]] and the meat around it.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(cooking)'' The Milanese dish made from this cut, slowly braised: ''A pranzo abbiamo ordinato l'ossobuco col risotto giallo.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(by extension)'' A [[m|en|marrowbone]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[osso]]

+ * [[buco]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}