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Carbonara

//ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Italian.

Noun

1
A thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper. countable, uncountable
"One of my own grand carbonaras, some crisp and spicy greens, a clean Tuscan white, a pint of raspberry sorbet, a pot of freshly ground strong coffee, and a long beguiling night on my couch in pajamas with cannabis, good TV, and no qualms about the future, please."
2
sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese wordnet
3
A spaghetti dish made using such a sauce. broadly, countable, uncountable
4
A spaghetti dish made using a similar sauce made from a different type of cured pork than guanciale (such as bacon, pancetta, lardons, gammon or ham). broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Italian carbonara, shortening of alla carbonara (literally “in the manner of charcoal burners”, or “in the manner of the Carbonari”), ultimately from carbone (“coal”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Carbonara.

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