pizzeria

See also: Pizzeria, pizzéria, pizzería, and pizzerią

English

A pizzeria in Austria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzeria, from pizza + -eria (“-ery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiːt.səˈɹiː.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

pizzeria (plural pizzerias or pizzerie)

1. A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.
   • 2025 September 10, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, “Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The talented artist quickly became fluent in English, found work at a pizzeria and dreamed of becoming a veterinary assistant.

Synonyms

• pizza parlor (US)
• pizza parlour (Canada)
• pizza joint
• pizza place

Related terms

• pizza
• pizza boy
• pizza pie
• pizza slice
• pizza topping

Translations

outlet that primarily sells pizza

• Belarusian: піцэ́рыя f (picéryja), піцэры́я f (picerýja)
• Bulgarian: пицари́я f (picaríja)
• Catalan: pizzeria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比薩店 / 比萨店 (bǐsàdiàn)

• Czech: pizzerie (cs) f
• Danish: pizzeria (da) n
• Dutch: pizzeria (nl) f, pizzatent m
• Esperanto: picejo
• Estonian: pitsabaar
• Faroese: pitsumatstova f, pitsaria n
• Finnish: pizzeria (fi)
• French: pizzeria (fr)
• Galician: pizzaría (gl) f, pizzería (gl) f
• Georgian: პიცერია (ṗiceria)
• German: Pizzeria (de) f
• Greek: πιτσαρία (el) f (pitsaría)
• Hebrew: פיצריה (he) f (pitseríya)
• Hungarian: pizzéria (hu)
• Italian: pizzeria (it) f
• Japanese: ピッツェリア (ja) (pittseria), ピザ屋 (ja) (pizaya)
• Korean: 피체리아 (picheria), 피자집 (pijajip)
• Latvian: picērija f
• Lithuanian: picèrija f
• Macedonian: пицерија f (picerija)
• Māori: toa parehe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pizzeria m

  Nynorsk: pizzeria m

• Polish: pizzeria (pl) f
• Portuguese: pizaria (pt) f, pizzaria (pt) f
• Russian: пиццери́я (ru) f (picceríja), пицце́рия (ru) f (piccérija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пицѐрија f

  Latin: picèrija (sh) f

• Slovak: pizzeria f
• Slovene: picerija f
• Spanish: pizzería (es) f
• Swedish: pizzeria (sv) c
• Turkish: pizzacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: піцерія f (picerija)

Further reading

• pizzeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian pizzeria. By surface analysis, pizzer +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pi.d͡zəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pit.seˈɾi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pi.d͡zeˈɾi.a]

Noun

pizzeria f (plural pizzeries)

1. pizzeria

Related terms

• pizza

Further reading

• “pizzeria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzeria.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pizzeria m (plural pizzeria's, diminutive pizzeriaatje n)

1. pizzeria

   Synonyms: pizzarestaurant, (informal) pizzatent

Related terms

• pizza

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pitseria

Etymology

From Italian pizzeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitseriɑ/, [ˈpits̠e̞ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): piz‧ze‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): piz‧ze‧ria

Noun

pizzeria

1. pizzeria

Declension

Inflection of pizzeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		pizzeria	pizzeriat
genitive		pizzerian	pizzerioiden pizzerioitten
partitive		pizzeriaa	pizzerioita
illative		pizzeriaan	pizzerioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pizzeria	pizzeriat
accusative	nom.	pizzeria	pizzeriat
	gen.	pizzerian
genitive		pizzerian	pizzerioiden pizzerioitten pizzeriain rare
partitive		pizzeriaa	pizzerioita
inessive		pizzeriassa	pizzerioissa
elative		pizzeriasta	pizzerioista
illative		pizzeriaan	pizzerioihin
adessive		pizzerialla	pizzerioilla
ablative		pizzerialta	pizzerioilta
allative		pizzerialle	pizzerioille
essive		pizzeriana	pizzerioina
translative		pizzeriaksi	pizzerioiksi
abessive		pizzeriatta	pizzerioitta
instructive		—	pizzerioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pizzeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pizzeriani pizzeriani accusative nom. pizzeriani pizzeriani gen. pizzeriani genitive pizzeriani pizzerioideni pizzerioitteni pizzeriaini rare partitive pizzeriaani pizzerioitani inessive pizzeriassani pizzerioissani elative pizzeriastani pizzerioistani illative pizzeriaani pizzerioihini adessive pizzeriallani pizzerioillani ablative pizzerialtani pizzerioiltani allative pizzerialleni pizzerioilleni essive pizzerianani pizzerioinani translative pizzeriakseni pizzerioikseni abessive pizzeriattani pizzerioittani instructive — — comitative — pizzerioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pizzeriasi pizzeriasi accusative nom. pizzeriasi pizzeriasi gen. pizzeriasi genitive pizzeriasi pizzerioidesi pizzerioittesi pizzeriaisi rare partitive pizzeriaasi pizzerioitasi inessive pizzeriassasi pizzerioissasi elative pizzeriastasi pizzerioistasi illative pizzeriaasi pizzerioihisi adessive pizzeriallasi pizzerioillasi ablative pizzerialtasi pizzerioiltasi allative pizzeriallesi pizzerioillesi essive pizzerianasi pizzerioinasi translative pizzeriaksesi pizzerioiksesi abessive pizzeriattasi pizzerioittasi instructive — — comitative — pizzerioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pizzeriamme pizzeriamme accusative nom. pizzeriamme pizzeriamme gen. pizzeriamme genitive pizzeriamme pizzerioidemme pizzerioittemme pizzeriaimme rare partitive pizzeriaamme pizzerioitamme inessive pizzeriassamme pizzerioissamme elative pizzeriastamme pizzerioistamme illative pizzeriaamme pizzerioihimme adessive pizzeriallamme pizzerioillamme ablative pizzerialtamme pizzerioiltamme allative pizzeriallemme pizzerioillemme essive pizzerianamme pizzerioinamme translative pizzeriaksemme pizzerioiksemme abessive pizzeriattamme pizzerioittamme instructive — — comitative — pizzerioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pizzerianne pizzerianne accusative nom. pizzerianne pizzerianne gen. pizzerianne genitive pizzerianne pizzerioidenne pizzerioittenne pizzeriainne rare partitive pizzeriaanne pizzerioitanne inessive pizzeriassanne pizzerioissanne elative pizzeriastanne pizzerioistanne illative pizzeriaanne pizzerioihinne adessive pizzeriallanne pizzerioillanne ablative pizzerialtanne pizzerioiltanne allative pizzeriallenne pizzerioillenne essive pizzeriananne pizzerioinanne translative pizzeriaksenne pizzerioiksenne abessive pizzeriattanne pizzerioittanne instructive — — comitative — pizzerioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pizzeriansa pizzeriansa accusative nom. pizzeriansa pizzeriansa gen. pizzeriansa genitive pizzeriansa pizzerioidensa pizzerioittensa pizzeriainsa rare partitive pizzeriaansa pizzerioitaan pizzerioitansa inessive pizzeriassaan pizzeriassansa pizzerioissaan pizzerioissansa elative pizzeriastaan pizzeriastansa pizzerioistaan pizzerioistansa illative pizzeriaansa pizzerioihinsa adessive pizzeriallaan pizzeriallansa pizzerioillaan pizzerioillansa ablative pizzerialtaan pizzerialtansa pizzerioiltaan pizzerioiltansa allative pizzerialleen pizzeriallensa pizzerioilleen pizzerioillensa essive pizzerianaan pizzerianansa pizzerioinaan pizzerioinansa translative pizzeriakseen pizzeriaksensa pizzerioikseen pizzerioiksensa abessive pizzeriattaan pizzeriattansa pizzerioittaan pizzerioittansa instructive — — comitative — pizzerioineen pizzerioinensa

Further reading

• “pizzeria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pid.ze.ʁja/

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

pizzeria f (plural pizzerias)

1. pizzeria

Further reading

• “pizzeria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

From pizza +‎ -eria.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /pit.t͡seˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: piz‧ze‧rì‧a

Noun

pizzeria f (plural pizzerie)

1. pizzeria

Related terms

• pizzaiolo

Polish

pizzeria

Etymology

Etymology tree

Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor.

Neapolitan pizzabor.

Italian pizza

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āriader.

Italian -eria

Italian pizzeriaubor.

Polish pizzeria

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizzeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pit͡sˈt͡sɛ.rja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: piz‧ze‧ria

Noun

pizzeria f

1. pizzeria (restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas)

   Hypernym: lokal

Declension

Declension of pizzeria

	singular	plural
nominative	pizzeria	pizzerie
genitive	pizzerii	pizzerii/pizzeryj (archaic)
dative	pizzerii	pizzeriom
accusative	pizzerię	pizzerie
instrumental	pizzerią	pizzeriami
locative	pizzerii	pizzeriach
vocative	pizzerio	pizzerie

Related terms

adjectives

• pizzowy

nouns

• pizza
• pizzer
• pizzerka
• pizzomat

Further reading

• “pizzeria”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pizzeria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Swedish

en pizzeria

Noun

pizzeria c

1. a pizzeria

   Vi gick till en pizzeria

   We went to a pizzeria

   Vi åt på en pizzeria

   We ate at a pizzeria

   • 1986, Lasse Holm, “Cannelloni, macaroni”‎^[5]:

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, kan inte låta bli. Jag blir fascinerad. Känner hunger, känner törst. Det gör mig passionerad. Det gör mig fylld av lust. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. Vad ni frestar mig. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. Jag får aldrig nog. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni och lasagne. I Paris, i New York City, London och Bombay har man specialmenyer. Ingenting för mig! Ge mig macaroni, cannelloni och lasagne. Spaghetti och därmed pasta [pun on och därmed basta]! Bara nämn dom vid namn. Pescatore, vesuvio ... [as before]

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, can't help myself. I am [become] fascinated. Feeling hunger, feeling thirst. It makes me passionate. It makes me filled [sic] with desire. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. How you tempt me. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. I never get enough. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni and lasagna. In Paris, in New York City, London and Bombay they [one] have special menus. Not [something] for me! Give me macaroni, cannelloni and lasagna. Spaghetti, and that's final! Just mention them by name. Pescatore, vesuvio ... [as before]

Usage notes

See pizza for an example of ordering pizza.

Declension

Declension of pizzeria

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pizzeria	pizzerias
	definite	pizzerian	pizzerians
plural	indefinite	pizzerior	pizzeriors
	definite	pizzeriorna	pizzeriornas

Related terms

• pizza

See also

• barnpizza
• familjepizza
• pizzabagare (“pizza chef”)
• pizzakartong (“pizza box”)
• pizzasallad

References

• “pizzeria”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pizzeria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)