calzone

English

a calzone

Alternative forms

• calzony, calzoney, calzoni, calzonie

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kæltˈsəʊni/, /kælˈzəʊni/, enPR: kălt-sōʹnē, kăl-zōʹnē
• (US) IPA^(key): /kælˈzoʊn/, /kælˈzoʊneɪ/, enPR: kăl-zōnʹ(ā)

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• Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊn
• (/kælˈzoʊn/) Hyphenation: cal‧zone
• (-əʊni) Hyphenation: cal‧zone‧E

Noun

calzone (plural calzones or calzoni)

1. A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
   • 2012 April 13, Melissa Clark, “See You Later, Pizza, This Dough Is for Calzones”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     It was a much classier presentation than the oil-stained paper plate I would use to transport my calzones of yore, and it tasted better, too. […] That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind.

Coordinate terms

• panzerotto
• pizza pocket
• stromboli

Translations

baked Italian turnover

• Bulgarian: калцо́не n (kalcóne)
• Danish: calzone c
• Esperanto: kalzoneo
• French: calzone (fr) m or f
• German: Calzone (de) f
• Greek: καλτσόνε (el) n (kaltsóne)
• Italian: calzone (it) m
• Japanese: カルツォーネ (karutsōne)
• Polish: calzone (pl) n
• Portuguese: calzone m
• Russian: кальцо́не (ru) n (kalʹcóne)
• Spanish: calzone (es) m

Anagrams

• Lezcano

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”), Derived from Italian calza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kalˈsoːnə]

Noun

calzone c (singular definite calzonen, plural indefinite calzoner)

1. calzone

   Synonym: indbagt pizza

Inflection

Declension of calzone

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	calzone	calzonen	calzoner	calzonerne
genitive	calzones	calzonens	calzoners	calzonernes

Italian

Etymology

From calza (“stocking, sock”) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix). Cognate with Spanish calzón.

The baked good is named for its folded shape resembling trousers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡so.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: cal‧zó‧ne

Noun

calzone m (plural calzoni)

1. (usually in the plural) trousers, pants

   Synonyms: pantalone m, braga f

2. calzone (baked Italian turnover)

Usage notes

• In the singular, calzone is mostly used to refer to a specific pair or type of trousers, while the plural is used for a pair thereof or as a general term for the clothing item.

Coordinate terms

• panzerotto

Derived terms

• calzonaio
• calzoncello
• calzoncino

Descendants

• → English: calzone
• → French: calzone; caleçon
  • → Esperanto: kalsono
    • → Ido: kalsono
  • → Greek: καλσόν (kalsón)
  • → Polish: kalesony
  • → Rade: kăl sŏng
  • → Russian: кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny)
  • → Swedish: kalsong c
    • → Finnish: kalsongit
• → German: Calzone
• → Greek: καλτσόνε (kaltsóne); καλτσούνι (kaltsoúni)
  • → Romanian: colțun, călțun
• → Japanese: カルツォーネ (karutsōne)
• → Russian: кальцо́не (kalʹcóne)
• → Spanish: calzone
• → Swedish: calzone c
• → Danish: calzone c

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of calção.

Noun

calzone m (plural calzones)

1. calzone (baked Italian turnover)

Further reading

• “calzone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.?

substratebor.?

Latin calx

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin calceus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Early Medieval Latin calcea

Italian calza

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian calzoneubor.

Spanish calzone

Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone. Doublet of calzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈθone/ [kal̟ˈθo.ne] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalˈsone/ [kalˈso.ne] (Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): (imitating Italian) /kalˈtsone/ [kal̪ˈt̪so.ne]
• Rhymes: -one
• Syllabification: cal‧zo‧ne

Noun

calzone m (plural calzones)

1. calzone

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Noun

calzone c

1. calzone

See also

• halvinbakad (“turnover”)