Bolognese

[ boh-luh-neez, -nees, -luhn-yeez, -yees; boh-luhn-yeyz, -yey-zeeor, Italian, baw-law-nye-ze ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants.
Italian Cooking. served with a cream sauce typically containing prosciutto, ground beef, and cheese.
Fine Arts. noting a style or manner of painting developed in Bologna during the late 16th century by the Carracci, characterized chiefly by forms and colors derived from the Roman high renaissance and from the Venetians.

noun

plural Bolognese.

a native or inhabitant of Bologna.

Bolognese

/ -ˈneɪz; ˌbɒləˈniːz /

adjective

of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Bologna

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bolognese¹

From Italian, dating back to 1750–60; Bologna, -ese

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Example Sentences

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At about 22:00 BST, the teenager joined her parents in their small kitchen where her mother was putting the finishing touches to the adults' tea, spaghetti bolognese and garlic bread.

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I want to talk about your bolognese sauce, Harry's Famous sauce.

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Why don't I cook bolognese for them?

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Her parents had said they were all "mucking about" and throwing grapes at each other in the kitchen while Ms Hall was making spaghetti Bolognese.

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That is, until Tony, a warm, but no-nonsense psychiatrist who spent his free time perfecting bolognese and had no real patience for my jokes, asked me a seemingly simple question: “When was the last time you slowed down? Like really slowed down.”

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bologna sausage bolometer

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