pizza

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English[edit]

A pizza.
Pizza in a wood-fired oven.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • pitza (South African English)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Neapolitan pizza, of uncertain origin, likely related to the Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza (countable and uncountable, plural pizzas or (rare) 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 such as meat, vegetables or fruit
    a slice of pizza
    a pizza pie
    Want to go out for pizza tonight?
  2. (countable) A single instance of this dish
    Synonyms: pizza pie, pie
    He ate a whole pizza!
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

Usage notes[edit]

In phrases like pizza bread and pizza bagel, pizza refers to the toppings.

Derived terms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzes)

  1. pizza

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪt͡sa]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtsa
  • Hyphenation: pi‧z‧za

Noun[edit]

pizza f

  1. pizza

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative pizza pizzy
genitive pizzy pizz
dative pizze pizzám
accusative pizzu pizzy
vocative pizzo pizzy
locative pizze pizzách
instrumental pizzou pizzami

Related terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]

Noun[edit]

pizza c (singular definite pizzaen, plural indefinite pizzaer)

  1. pizza [from 1957]

Inflection[edit]

Declension of pizza
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pizza pizzaen pizzaer pizzaerne
genitive pizzas pizzaens pizzaers pizzaernes

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsaː/, /ˈpidzaː/
  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: piz‧za

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizza's, diminutive pizzaatje n)

  1. pizza

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Neapolitan pizza, of uncertain origin, likely related to the Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -itsɑ
  • Syllabification: piz‧za

Noun[edit]

pizza

  1. pizza

Declension[edit]

Inflection of pizza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative pizza pizzat
genitive pizzan pizzojen
partitive pizzaa pizzoja
illative pizzaan pizzoihin
singular plural
nominative pizza pizzat
accusative nom. pizza pizzat
gen. pizzan
genitive pizzan pizzojen
pizzainrare
partitive pizzaa pizzoja
inessive pizzassa pizzoissa
elative pizzasta pizzoista
illative pizzaan pizzoihin
adessive pizzalla pizzoilla
ablative pizzalta pizzoilta
allative pizzalle pizzoille
essive pizzana pizzoina
translative pizzaksi pizzoiksi
instructive — pizzoin
abessive pizzatta pizzoitta
comitative — pizzoineen
Possessive forms of pizza (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person pizzani pizzamme
2nd person pizzasi pizzanne
3rd person pizzansa

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Wikipedia-logo.png
 pizza on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza (plural pizzák)

  1. pizza

Inflection[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pizza pizzák
accusative pizzát pizzákat
dative pizzának pizzáknak
instrumental pizzával pizzákkal
causal-final pizzáért pizzákért
translative pizzává pizzákká
terminative pizzáig pizzákig
essive-formal pizzaként pizzákként
essive-modal — —
inessive pizzában pizzákban
superessive pizzán pizzákon
adessive pizzánál pizzáknál
illative pizzába pizzákba
sublative pizzára pizzákra
allative pizzához pizzákhoz
elative pizzából pizzákból
delative pizzáról pizzákról
ablative pizzától pizzáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		pizzáé pizzáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		pizzáéi pizzákéi
Possessive forms of pizza
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pizzám pizzáim
2nd person sing. pizzád pizzáid
3rd person sing. pizzája pizzái
1st person plural pizzánk pizzáink
2nd person plural pizzátok pizzáitok
3rd person plural pizzájuk pizzáik

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Icelandic[edit]

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Noun[edit]

pizza f (genitive singular pizzu, nominative plural pizzur)

  1. pizza
    Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

Declension[edit]

declension of pizza
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pizza pizzan pizzur pizzurnar
accusative pizzu pizzuna pizzur pizzurnar
dative pizzu pizzunni pizzum pizzunum
genitive pizzu pizzunnar pizza pizzanna

Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Italian[edit]

una pizza margherita
a margherita pizza

Etymology[edit]

Of uncertain origin: perhaps from Byzantine Greek πίττα (pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”), Attic Greek πίττα (pítta), from πεπτός (peptós, “cooked”), or borrowed from Lombardic bizzo, or from Latin pinsō (“I beat, pound”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pìz‧za
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Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizze)

  1. (cooking) pizza
    Coordinate term: focaccia
  2. (film) reel
    Synonyms: bobina, rullo
  3. (idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly southern Italy) bore (something very monotonous and boring)
    Synonyms: noia, (colloquial) barba, (literary) tedio
    Che pizza questo spettacolo! ― This performance is such a bore!
  4. (idiomatic, slang, chiefly central Italy) slap, smack (on the face)
    Synonyms: sberla, schiaffo, ceffone, manrovescio, (informal) sventola
    Si è arrabbiato così tanto che mi ha tirato una pizza!
    He got so angry that he slapped my face!

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sicilian pizza and/or Italian pizza. Further origin uncertain.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizez)

  1. pizza (dish)

Neapolitan[edit]

Neapolitan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nap

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f

  1. pizza

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Noun[edit]

pizza m (definite singular pizzaen, indefinite plural pizzaer, definite plural pizzaene)

  1. a pizza

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza m (definite singular pizzaen, indefinite plural pizzaer or pizzaar, definite plural pizzaene or pizzaane)

  1. pizza

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

From Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f

  1. pizza

Declension[edit]

declension of pizza
singular plural
nominative pizza pizzy
genitive pizzy pizz
dative pizzie pizzom
accusative pizzę pizzy
instrumental pizzą pizzami
locative pizzie pizzach
vocative pizzo pizzy

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza (baked Italian dish of dough with topped with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients)
  2. (slang) sweat visible in the clothes, specially under armpits

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (genitive singular pizze, nominative plural pizze, genitive plural pízz, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. pizza

Declension[edit]

Declension of pizza
singular plural
nominative pizza pizze
genitive pizze pízz
dative pizzi pizzám
accusative pizzu pizze
locative pizzi pizzách
instrumental pizzou pizzami

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • pizza in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpidsa/, [ˈpið̞.sa]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɡsa/, [ˈpiɣ̞.sa]

Or even:

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈpiθa/, [ˈpi.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈpisa/, [ˈpi.sa]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza c

  1. pizza

Declension[edit]

Declension of pizza 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pizza pizzan pizzor pizzorna
Genitive pizzas pizzans pizzors pizzornas

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Noun[edit]

pizza (definite accusative pizzayı, plural pizzalar)

  1. (cooking) pizza

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative pizza
Definite accusative pizzayı
Singular Plural
Nominative pizza pizzalar
Definite accusative pizzayı pizzaları
Dative pizzaya pizzalara
Locative pizzada pizzalarda
Ablative pizzadan pizzalardan
Genitive pizzanın pizzaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzam pizzalarım
2nd singular pizzan pizzaların
3rd singular pizzası pizzaları
1st plural pizzamız pizzalarımız
2nd plural pizzanız pizzalarınız
3rd plural pizzaları pizzaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzamı pizzalarımı
2nd singular pizzanı pizzalarını
3rd singular pizzasını pizzalarını
1st plural pizzamızı pizzalarımızı
2nd plural pizzanızı pizzalarınızı
3rd plural pizzalarını pizzalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzama pizzalarıma
2nd singular pizzana pizzalarına
3rd singular pizzasına pizzalarına
1st plural pizzamıza pizzalarımıza
2nd plural pizzanıza pizzalarınıza
3rd plural pizzalarına pizzalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzamda pizzalarımda
2nd singular pizzanda pizzalarında
3rd singular pizzasında pizzalarında
1st plural pizzamızda pizzalarımızda
2nd plural pizzanızda pizzalarınızda
3rd plural pizzalarında pizzalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzamdan pizzalarımdan
2nd singular pizzandan pizzalarından
3rd singular pizzasından pizzalarından
1st plural pizzamızdan pizzalarımızdan
2nd plural pizzanızdan pizzalarınızdan
3rd plural pizzalarından pizzalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular pizzamın pizzalarımın
2nd singular pizzanın pizzalarının
3rd singular pizzasının pizzalarının
1st plural pizzamızın pizzalarımızın
2nd plural pizzanızın pizzalarınızın
3rd plural pizzalarının pizzalarının
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