pizza

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A pizza.
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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

First coined 1935, from Italian pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Medieval Greek πίττα (pitta), cake, pie) < Ancient Greek πίσσα (pissa), pitch), Attic πίττα (pitta)

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Singular
pizza

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural pizzas or pizze

pizza (countable and uncountable; plural pizzas or pizze)

  1. (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients.
    a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  2. (countable) A baked thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients.
    He ate a whole pizza!

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[edit] Czech

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pizza f.

  1. pizza

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[edit] Dutch

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pizza m.

  1. pizza

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pizza (stem pizz-*)

  1. pizza

[edit] French

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

[edit] Icelandic

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pizza f. (plural: pizzur)

  1. pizza

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This spelling is nonstandard, and considered foreign, as it does not fit Icelandic orthography, but is widely used by restaurants, etc. The more correct Icelandic spelling is pítsa, although many conservationists discourage using this word at all, preferring flatbaka (lit. flat pie).

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pizza

  1. pizza

[edit] Italian

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pizza f. (plural: pizze)

  1. pizza

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pizza (Pinyin pizza)

  1. pizza
    Meiguo Bush zongtong xihuan chi pizza. (Měiguó Bush zǒngtǒng xǐhuān chī pizza. 美国Bush总统喜欢吃pizza.) — President Bush of the USA likes to eat pizza.

[edit] Polish

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From Italian pizza

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  • IPA: [ˈpit͡st͡sa]

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pizza f.

  1. pizza

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Singular Plural
Nominative pizza pizze
Genitive pizzy pizz
Dative pizzy pizzom
Accusative pizzę pizze
Instrumental pizzą pizzami
Locative pizzy pizzach
Vocative pizzo pizze

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[edit] Portuguese

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

[edit] Spanish

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Italian pizza.

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

Singular
pizza f.

Plural
pizzas f.

  1. pizza

[edit] Swedish

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Inflection for pizza Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form pizza pizzan pizzor pizzorna
Possessive form pizzas pizzans pizzors pizzornas

pizza c. ˈpɪtˌsa

  1. pizza

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