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pizza

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EnglishEdit

 
A pizza.
 
Pizza in a coal-fired oven.

Alternative formsEdit

 
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  • pitza (South African English)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Neapolitan pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Byzantine Greek πίττα (pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”), Attic πίττα (pítta), from πεπτός (peptós, “cooked”) or from Lombardic bizza, pizza (“bite; lump; chunk; dumpling”), or from Latin pīnsō (“I beat, pound”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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
    He ate a whole pizza!
    Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

Usage notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from pizza

See alsoEdit

TranslationsEdit

CatalanEdit

 
Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza f (plural pizzes)

  1. pizza

CzechEdit

 
Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

pizza f

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]

NounEdit

pizza c (singular definite pizzaen, plural indefinite pizzaer)

  1. pizza [from 1957]

InflectionEdit

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

DutchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. pizza

Derived termsEdit

FinnishEdit

 
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Byzantine Greek πίττα (pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”), Attic πίττα (pítta), from πεπτός (peptós, “cooked”) or from Lombardic bizzo (“bit, bite”), or from Latin pinso (“I beat, pound”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ]
  • Hyphenation: piz‧za

NounEdit

pizza

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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

FrenchEdit

 
French Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Further readingEdit

HungarianEdit

 pizza on Hungarian Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpid͡zːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: piz‧za

NounEdit

pizza (plural pizzák)

  1. pizza

InflectionEdit

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
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

ReferencesEdit

  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

IcelandicEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

NounEdit

pizza f (genitive singular pizzu, nominative plural pizzur)

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

pizza (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has articles on:
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  • IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pìz‧za
  • Audio
    		(file)

NounEdit

 
una pizza margherita
a margherita pizza

pizza f (plural pizze)

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

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

NeapolitanEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza f

  1. pizza

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

NounEdit

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

  1. a pizza

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. pizza

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza f

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Related termsEdit

SlovakEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • pizza in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

SpanishEdit

 
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

 
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pizza c

  1. pizza

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

TurkishEdit

 
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NounEdit

pizza (definite accusative pizzayı, plural pizzalar)

  1. (cooking) pizza

DeclensionEdit

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
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
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