focaccia

English

Photo of focaccia bread with rosemary garnish.

Etymology

Diminutive form of Italian fuoco (“fire”), Latin focus (“fireplace”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /foʊˈkɑ.tʃə/; IPA: /fəˈkɑ.tʃi.ə/

Noun

focaccia (countable and uncountable; plural focaccias)

1. (uncountable) A flat bread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
   • 2001, Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion, page 47

     The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia.

2. (countable) A sandwich made with this type of bread.

See also

• Focaccia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

Derived from fuoco “fire”, from Latin focus “fireplace”

Noun

focaccia f (plural focacce)

1. A focaccia.
2. A type of cake.