pepperoni

See also: pepperóní

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian peperone (“bell pepper”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/

Noun

pepperoni (countable and uncountable, plural pepperonis or pepperoni)

1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage.
2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.

   Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.

Hypernyms

• (sausage): salami, sausage
• (pizza): pizza

Descendants

• → Finnish: pepperoni
• → French: pepperoni
• → Icelandic: pepperóní
• → Polish: pepperoni

Translations

sausage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烤胡椒香腸 (zh)

• Finnish: pepperoni (fi)
• French: pepperoni (fr) m
• Greek: πεπερόνι (peperóni), σαλαμάκι (salamáki), πικάντικο σαλάμι (pikántiko salámi)
• Icelandic: pepperóní n

• Italian: salame piccante m
• Japanese: ペパロニ (peparoni)
• Norwegian: pepperoni m
• Polish: pepperoni (pl) n

pizza

• Finnish: pepperoni (fi)
• French: pepperoni (fr) m

• Polish: pepperoni (pl) n

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Finnish

Etymology

English pepperoni, from Italian peperone (“bell pepper”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpepːeroni/, [ˈpe̞pːe̞ˌro̞ni]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Syllabification: pep‧pe‧ro‧ni

Noun

pepperoni

1. pepperoni (sausage)
2. pepperoni (pizza)
3. A type of longish, relatively mild, pickled, yellowish green chili, often served as condiment to doner kebab.

Declension

Inflection of pepperoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pepperoni	pepperonit
genitive		pepperonin	pepperonien
partitive		pepperonia	pepperoneja
illative		pepperoniin	pepperoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pepperoni	pepperonit
accusative	nom.	pepperoni	pepperonit
	gen.	pepperonin
genitive		pepperonin	pepperonien
partitive		pepperonia	pepperoneja
inessive		pepperonissa	pepperoneissa
elative		pepperonista	pepperoneista
illative		pepperoniin	pepperoneihin
adessive		pepperonilla	pepperoneilla
ablative		pepperonilta	pepperoneilta
allative		pepperonille	pepperoneille
essive		pepperonina	pepperoneina
translative		pepperoniksi	pepperoneiksi
instructive		—	pepperonein
abessive		pepperonitta	pepperoneitta
comitative		—	pepperoneineen

Possessive forms of pepperoni (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pepperonini	pepperonimme
2nd person	pepperonisi	pepperoninne
3rd person	pepperoninsa

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French

Etymology

English pepperoni

Noun

pepperoni m (plural pepperonis)

1. pepperoni (sausage)
2. pepperoni (pizza)

Hypernyms

• (sausage): salami, saucisse
• (pizza): pizza

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Polish

Etymology

From English pepperoni, from Italian peperone, from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source, ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛp.pɛˈrɔ.ɲi/

Noun

pepperoni n (indeclinable)

1. pepperoni (sausage)
2. pepperoni (pizza)
3. peperoncino

Further reading

• pepperoni in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pepperoni in Polish dictionaries at PWN