mortadella

English

A big mortadella

Etymology

From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

mortadella (countable and uncountable, plural mortadellas or mortadelle)

1. A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.

Synonyms

• baloney
• boloney
• Bologna sausage
• bologna

Translations

sausage

• Belarusian: мартадэ́ла f (martadéla)
• Bulgarian: мортаде́ла f (mortadéla)
• Catalan: mortadel·la (ca) f
• Finnish: mortadella (fi)
• French: mortadelle (fr) f
• Galician: mortadela (gl) f
• German: Mortadella (de) f
• Greek: μορταδέλα (el) f (mortadéla)
• Ido: mortadelo (io)
• Japanese: モルタデッラ (morutadera)
• Korean: 모르타델라 (moreutadella)
• Polish: mortadela (pl) f
• Portuguese: mortadela (pt) f
• Romanian: mortadelă (ro) f, mortadella f
• Russian: мортаде́лла (ru) f (mortadɛ́lla)
• Spanish: mortadela (es) f
• Swedish: mortadella c
• Ukrainian: мортаде́ла f (mortadéla)

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian mortadella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmortɑdelːɑ/, [ˈmo̞rt̪ɑ̝ˌde̞lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mor‧ta‧del‧la

Noun

mortadella

1. mortadella

Declension

Inflection of mortadella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		mortadella	mortadellat
genitive		mortadellan	mortadellojen
partitive		mortadellaa	mortadelloja
illative		mortadellaan	mortadelloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mortadella	mortadellat
accusative	nom.	mortadella	mortadellat
	gen.	mortadellan
genitive		mortadellan	mortadellojen mortadellain rare
partitive		mortadellaa	mortadelloja
inessive		mortadellassa	mortadelloissa
elative		mortadellasta	mortadelloista
illative		mortadellaan	mortadelloihin
adessive		mortadellalla	mortadelloilla
ablative		mortadellalta	mortadelloilta
allative		mortadellalle	mortadelloille
essive		mortadellana	mortadelloina
translative		mortadellaksi	mortadelloiksi
abessive		mortadellatta	mortadelloitta
instructive		—	mortadelloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mortadella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mortadellani mortadellani accusative nom. mortadellani mortadellani gen. mortadellani genitive mortadellani mortadellojeni mortadellaini rare partitive mortadellaani mortadellojani inessive mortadellassani mortadelloissani elative mortadellastani mortadelloistani illative mortadellaani mortadelloihini adessive mortadellallani mortadelloillani ablative mortadellaltani mortadelloiltani allative mortadellalleni mortadelloilleni essive mortadellanani mortadelloinani translative mortadellakseni mortadelloikseni abessive mortadellattani mortadelloittani instructive — — comitative — mortadelloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mortadellasi mortadellasi accusative nom. mortadellasi mortadellasi gen. mortadellasi genitive mortadellasi mortadellojesi mortadellaisi rare partitive mortadellaasi mortadellojasi inessive mortadellassasi mortadelloissasi elative mortadellastasi mortadelloistasi illative mortadellaasi mortadelloihisi adessive mortadellallasi mortadelloillasi ablative mortadellaltasi mortadelloiltasi allative mortadellallesi mortadelloillesi essive mortadellanasi mortadelloinasi translative mortadellaksesi mortadelloiksesi abessive mortadellattasi mortadelloittasi instructive — — comitative — mortadelloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mortadellamme mortadellamme accusative nom. mortadellamme mortadellamme gen. mortadellamme genitive mortadellamme mortadellojemme mortadellaimme rare partitive mortadellaamme mortadellojamme inessive mortadellassamme mortadelloissamme elative mortadellastamme mortadelloistamme illative mortadellaamme mortadelloihimme adessive mortadellallamme mortadelloillamme ablative mortadellaltamme mortadelloiltamme allative mortadellallemme mortadelloillemme essive mortadellanamme mortadelloinamme translative mortadellaksemme mortadelloiksemme abessive mortadellattamme mortadelloittamme instructive — — comitative — mortadelloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mortadellanne mortadellanne accusative nom. mortadellanne mortadellanne gen. mortadellanne genitive mortadellanne mortadellojenne mortadellainne rare partitive mortadellaanne mortadellojanne inessive mortadellassanne mortadelloissanne elative mortadellastanne mortadelloistanne illative mortadellaanne mortadelloihinne adessive mortadellallanne mortadelloillanne ablative mortadellaltanne mortadelloiltanne allative mortadellallenne mortadelloillenne essive mortadellananne mortadelloinanne translative mortadellaksenne mortadelloiksenne abessive mortadellattanne mortadelloittanne instructive — — comitative — mortadelloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mortadellansa mortadellansa accusative nom. mortadellansa mortadellansa gen. mortadellansa genitive mortadellansa mortadellojensa mortadellainsa rare partitive mortadellaansa mortadellojaan mortadellojansa inessive mortadellassaan mortadellassansa mortadelloissaan mortadelloissansa elative mortadellastaan mortadellastansa mortadelloistaan mortadelloistansa illative mortadellaansa mortadelloihinsa adessive mortadellallaan mortadellallansa mortadelloillaan mortadelloillansa ablative mortadellaltaan mortadellaltansa mortadelloiltaan mortadelloiltansa allative mortadellalleen mortadellallensa mortadelloilleen mortadelloillensa essive mortadellanaan mortadellanansa mortadelloinaan mortadelloinansa translative mortadellakseen mortadellaksensa mortadelloikseen mortadelloiksensa abessive mortadellattaan mortadellattansa mortadelloittaan mortadelloittansa instructive — — comitative — mortadelloineen mortadelloinensa

Further reading

• “mortadella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Etymology

From a diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mor.taˈdɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: mor‧ta‧dèl‧la

Noun

mortadella f (plural mortadelle)

1. mortadella

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mortadella.

Noun

mortadella f (uncountable)

1. mortadella

Declension

declension of mortadella (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mortadella	mortadella
genitive/dative	(unei) mortadelle	mortadellei
vocative