scallopine

1 8.6

Thin slices of meat like veal or chicken flattened, floured, and fried quickly, often served with a sauce

noun
/ˌskæl.əˈpiːn/

Specialized

: escalopín

For dinner, I made veal scallopine with a rich mushroom sauce.
Pork scallopine

Examples

I ordered scallopine for dinner last night.
I decided to make veal scallopine for our family dinner.
She ordered chicken scallopine at the Italian restaurant.
The chef recommended the scallopine with lemon and capers as the evening special.
The chef prepared delicious scallopines with lemon sauce.
We enjoyed a delicious chicken scallopine served with a lemon butter sauce.
She ordered the pork scallopine at the restaurant, knowing it would be tender and flavorful.

Synonyms

scallop

vsscallopine

6 6.1

A thin slice of meat often fried or broiled

highlights the prepared and sauced version not just simple cooking

scaloppine

vsscallopine

Specialized

1 8.1

Thin slices of meat, often chicken or veal, cooked in a sauce

focuses on pounded, floured, sautéed preparation rather than only cooking in sauce

scallopini

vsscallopine

Specialized

1 9.5

Thin, pounded slices of meat like veal or chicken that cooks fry and serve with sauce

has identical meaning and the same preparation method

veal scallopini

vsscallopine

1 7.7

Thin slices of veal cooked quickly in a pan and served with a sauce

includes poultry too and emphasizes pounded, floured preparation

scollop

vsscallopine

1 9.4

A thin slice of meat, often veal, fried or grilled

specifies a pounded, floured, sautéed method rather than simple frying

Surface Forms

scallopine singular

scallopines plural

Etymology

Scallopine comes from the Italian scaloppina, meaning a small, thin slice, and from the French escalope which meant 'shell' because the meat was cut flat like a shell. So a scallopine is a thin, flattened piece of veal or chicken that is quickly cooked in a pan.