focaccia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈkæ.tʃə/
- (US) IPA(key): /foʊˈkɑ.t͡ʃə/, /fəˈkɑ.t͡ʃə/, /fəˈkɑ.t͡ʃi.ə/
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Noun edit
focaccia (countable and uncountable, plural focaccias)
- (uncountable) A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
- Synonym: focaccia bread
- 2001, Eve Zibart, The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion, page 47:
- The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia.
- (countable) A sandwich made with this type of bread.
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Etymology edit
From Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fugassa. Compare Sicilian fugazza.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
focaccia f (plural focacce)
- focaccia
- Synonym: (Toscana) schiacciata
- a type of cake
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian focaccia. Doublet of hogaza and fougasse.
Noun edit
focaccia f (plural focaccias)