/boh'leuh neez", -nees", -leuhn yeez", -yees"/ ; for 2 also /boh'leuhn yayz", -yay"zee/ or, It., /baw'law nye"ze/ , adj., n., pl. Bolognese .
adj.
1. of or pertaining to Bologna or its inhabitants.
2. Italian Cookery. served with a cream sauce typically containing prosciutto, ground beef, and cheese.
3. 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.
n.
4. a native or inhabitant of Bologna.
[ 1750-60; ]