pizza
English
![](../I/m/Supreme_pizza.jpg)
Alternative forms
- pitza (South African English)
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːt.sə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpitsə/
Audio (United States of America) (file)
Noun
pizza (countable and uncountable, plural pizzas or (rare) pizze)
- (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?
- (countable) A single instance of this dish
- He ate a whole pizza!
- Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?
Usage notes
In phrases like pizza bread and pizza bagel, pizza refers to the toppings.
Derived terms
See also
- 🍕 (pizza emoji)
Translations
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pizza | pizzaen | pizzaer | pizzaerne |
genitive | pizzas | pizzaens | pizzaers | pizzaernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitsaː/, /ˈpidzaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: piz‧za
Derived terms
- pizzabodem
- pizzaoven
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpit̪s̠ɑ]
- Hyphenation: piz‧za
Declension
Inflection of pizza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pid.za/
Audio (CAN) (file) Audio (file)
Further reading
- “pizza” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpid͡zːɒ]
- Hyphenation: piz‧za
Inflection
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
- 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
Alternative forms
- pítsa (standard)
- pitsa
Declension
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pizza | pizzan | pizzur | pizzurnar |
accusative | pizzu | pizzuna | pizzur | pizzurnar |
dative | pizzu | pizzunni | pizzum | pizzunum |
genitive | pizzu | pizzunnar | pizza | pizzanna |
Italian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sa/
- Hyphenation: pìz‧za
Audio (file)
Noun
![](../I/m/Eq_it-na_pizza-margherita_sep2005_sml.jpg)
- a margherita pizza
pizza f (plural pizze)
- (cooking) pizza
- (film) reel
- (idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly southern Italy) something very monotonous and boring; a bore
- (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!
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pizza m (definite singular pizzaen, indefinite plural pizzaer, definite plural pizzaene)
- a pizza
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitsa/ (example of pronunciation)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʲit͡s.t͡sa/
Audio (file)
Declension
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- piza (Portugal)
Noun
pizza f (plural pizzas)
Derived terms
- acabar em pizza
- pizzaria
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.t͡sa/
Noun
pizza f (genitive singular pizze, nominative plural pizze, genitive plural pízz, declension pattern of stroj)
Declension
Related terms
- pizzeria f
Spanish
Pronunciation
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitˌsa/
Declension
Declension of pizza | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pizza | pizzan | pizzor | pizzorna |
Genitive | pizzas | pizzans | pizzors | pizzornas |
Derived terms
- pizzabagare
- pizzeria
Turkish
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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