pizza

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Noun 5 French 5.1 Noun 6 Icelandic 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Usage notes 6.2.2 Synonyms 7 Interlingua 7.1 Noun 8 Italian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Related terms 9 Mandarin 9.1 Noun 10 Polish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Pronunciation 10.3 Noun 10.3.1 Declension 10.3.2 Related terms 11 Portuguese 11.1 Noun 12 Spanish 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 13 Swedish 13.1 Noun 13.1.1 Derived terms 13.1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

Wikipedia

• pitza (South African English)

[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)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /piːtsə/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

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!

[edit] Derived terms

• pizza bone
• pizza cutter
• pizza man
• pizza parlor
• pizza puff
• pizza wheel
• pizzeria

[edit] Synonyms

• pizza pie

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pizza f.

1. pizza

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• pizzerie f.

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pizza m.

1. pizza

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[edit] Finnish

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• pitsa

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pizza (stem pizz-^*)

1. pizza

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[edit] French

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

1. pizza

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[edit] Icelandic

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• pítsa (standard)
• pitsa

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pizza f. (plural: pizzur)

1. pizza

[edit] Usage notes

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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• flatbaka

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Noun

pizza

1. pizza

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpit.tsa/, SAMPA: /"pit.tsa/

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pizza f. (plural: pizze)

1. pizza

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• pizzaiolo
• pizzeria

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[edit] Mandarin

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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.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Italian pizza

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• IPA: [ˈpit͡st͡sa]

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pizza f.

1. pizza

[edit] Declension

	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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• pizzeria

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[edit] Portuguese

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

1. pizza

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Italian pizza.

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pizza f. (plural pizzas)

1. pizza

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

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

[edit] Derived terms

• pizzabagare
• pizzeria

[edit] See also

• lägga en pizza
• pizzasallad