pizza

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English[edit]

A pizza.
Pizza in a wood-fired oven.

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

1931, borrowed from Neapolitan pizza (1590), the Neapolitan dialectal form of Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”). The Greek word is first attested in 1107 and is itself of uncertain origin. The northern Italian dialectal form was pinza, the southern (Apulian and Calabrian) form was pitta. This suggests a derivation from Latin pīnctus (pictus (“painted, smeared”)) or pīnsum, pīnsitum, pistum (“pounded”), but the northern forms appear to be contaminated with pinzare (“to staple”). There are alternative suggestions involving Greek etymologies (πηκτή (pēktḗ), πηκτός (pēktós, “compacted, congealed”); πήτεα (pḗtea, “bran”); Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “patch; tablet; ticket”)), more remote possibilities involve comparison with Lombardic pizzo, pizza (“bite, morsel, lump, dumpling”); Albanian petë (“layer”), Romanian pată (“blotch, stain, macula”); Albanian pite (“gruel”); Aramaic פִיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”), Hebrew פַּת (paṯ, “bread”). Doublet of pide and pita.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːt.sə/, [ˈpʰit.sə]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːtsə

Noun[edit]

pizza (countable and uncountable, plural pizzas or (rare) pizze)

  1. (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
    Synonym: 'za
    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?

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms[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

Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza

  1. (Mainland China, neologism) Alternative form of 比薩／比萨 (bǐsà, “pizza”)
    • 2005, 子尤, 《谁的青春有我狂》‎[2], 少年儿童出版社, →ISBN, page 251:
      那时我们得空还是会往姥姥家跑，一天，王钊打电话告诉我，准备 9 月 30 日，学校放假的那天请朋友们在 pizza 饼店吃饭。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2[edit]

From English pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) pizza (Classifier: 個／个 c; 塊／块 c; 件 c; 嚿 c)
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 比薩餅 (“pizza”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 比薩餅 Mainland China, 比薩 Mainland China, 披薩餅 Taiwan, 披薩 Taiwan
Mandarin Taiwan 披薩
Singapore 比沙
Cantonese Guangzhou 披莎
Hong Kong pizza, 意大利薄餅, 意式薄餅, 薄餅, 鬼佬鹹煎餅
Wu Shanghai 匹薩餅

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 of pizza (hard feminine)
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”). According to SSA, first attested in 1960.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -itsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): 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
abessive pizzatta pizzoitta
instructive — pizzoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pizza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pizzani pizzani
accusative nom. pizzani pizzani
gen. pizzani
genitive pizzani pizzojeni
pizzainirare
partitive pizzaani pizzojani
inessive pizzassani pizzoissani
elative pizzastani pizzoistani
illative pizzaani pizzoihini
adessive pizzallani pizzoillani
ablative pizzaltani pizzoiltani
allative pizzalleni pizzoilleni
essive pizzanani pizzoinani
translative pizzakseni pizzoikseni
abessive pizzattani pizzoittani
instructive — —
comitative — pizzoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pizzasi pizzasi
accusative nom. pizzasi pizzasi
gen. pizzasi
genitive pizzasi pizzojesi
pizzaisirare
partitive pizzaasi pizzojasi
inessive pizzassasi pizzoissasi
elative pizzastasi pizzoistasi
illative pizzaasi pizzoihisi
adessive pizzallasi pizzoillasi
ablative pizzaltasi pizzoiltasi
allative pizzallesi pizzoillesi
essive pizzanasi pizzoinasi
translative pizzaksesi pizzoiksesi
abessive pizzattasi pizzoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — pizzoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pizzamme pizzamme
accusative nom. pizzamme pizzamme
gen. pizzamme
genitive pizzamme pizzojemme
pizzaimmerare
partitive pizzaamme pizzojamme
inessive pizzassamme pizzoissamme
elative pizzastamme pizzoistamme
illative pizzaamme pizzoihimme
adessive pizzallamme pizzoillamme
ablative pizzaltamme pizzoiltamme
allative pizzallemme pizzoillemme
essive pizzanamme pizzoinamme
translative pizzaksemme pizzoiksemme
abessive pizzattamme pizzoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — pizzoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pizzanne pizzanne
accusative nom. pizzanne pizzanne
gen. pizzanne
genitive pizzanne pizzojenne
pizzainnerare
partitive pizzaanne pizzojanne
inessive pizzassanne pizzoissanne
elative pizzastanne pizzoistanne
illative pizzaanne pizzoihinne
adessive pizzallanne pizzoillanne
ablative pizzaltanne pizzoiltanne
allative pizzallenne pizzoillenne
essive pizzananne pizzoinanne
translative pizzaksenne pizzoiksenne
abessive pizzattanne pizzoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — pizzoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pizzansa pizzansa
accusative nom. pizzansa pizzansa
gen. pizzansa
genitive pizzansa pizzojensa
pizzainsarare
partitive pizzaansa pizzojaan
pizzojansa
inessive pizzassaan
pizzassansa 		pizzoissaan
pizzoissansa
elative pizzastaan
pizzastansa 		pizzoistaan
pizzoistansa
illative pizzaansa pizzoihinsa
adessive pizzallaan
pizzallansa 		pizzoillaan
pizzoillansa
ablative pizzaltaan
pizzaltansa 		pizzoiltaan
pizzoiltansa
allative pizzalleen
pizzallensa 		pizzoilleen
pizzoillensa
essive pizzanaan
pizzanansa 		pizzoinaan
pizzoinansa
translative pizzakseen
pizzaksensa 		pizzoikseen
pizzoiksensa
abessive pizzattaan
pizzattansa 		pizzoittaan
pizzoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — pizzoineen
pizzoinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

References[edit]

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

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]

Galician[edit]

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.s̺ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -itsa
  • Hyphenation: piz‧za

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

 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:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

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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

Synonyms[edit]

Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Italian[edit]

una pizza margherita
a margherita pizza

Etymology[edit]

1590, as Neapolitan pizza (Velardiniello, La storia de cient'anne arreto). Likely related to Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”) (12th century); the origin of the Greek word is itself uncertain.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ittsa
  • 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]

Borrowed 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
pizza

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza. Doublet of pita.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f

  1. pizza (baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables)

Declension[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

nouns

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpit.sɐ/, (colloquial) /ˈpi.t͡ʃi.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpit.sa/, (colloquial) /ˈpi.t͡ʃi.sa/

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizze)

  1. (cooking) pizza

Declension[edit]

Declension of pizza
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) pizză pizza (niște) pizze pizzele
genitive/dative (unei) pizze pizzei (unor) pizze pizzelor
vocative pizză, pizzo pizzelor

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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sa]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɡsa/ [ˈpiɣ̞.sa]
  • IPA(key): (or even, Spain) /ˈpiθa/ [ˈpi.θa]
  • IPA(key): (or even, Latin America) /ˈpisa/ [ˈpi.sa]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Syllabification: piz‧za

Noun[edit]

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en kebabpizza

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pizza c

  1. pizza
    – Hej! Vi skulle vilja beställa en vesuvio-barnpizza, en capricciosa och en kebabpizza, tack! – Det fixar vi! Äta här eller ta med? – Ta med. – Okej! Tjugo minuter ungefär. – Perfekt, vi återkommer!
    – Hi! We'd like to order one child-size/small vesuvio, one capricciosa, and one kebabpizza, please. – Sure thing ("We'll fix that")! Eat here or take away ("take with")? – Take away. – Alright! It'll take about twenty minutes. – Perfect, we'll come back!
    svulla en pizza
    chow down a pizza

Usage notes[edit]

Pizza is customarily ordered whole in Sweden. For a smaller or larger pizza, see barnpizza and familjepizza.

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “pizza”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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