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5-letter words (1 found)

PIZZA,

3-letter words (4 found)

PIA,ZAP,ZIP,ZIZ,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,PA,PI,ZA,

You can make 9 words from pizza according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pizza

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Definitions and meaning of pizza

pizza

Alternative forms

  • pitza (South Africa)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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
  2. (countable) A single instance of this dish.
    Synonyms: pizza pie, pie

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • pizza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.d͡zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpit.sa]

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzes)

  1. pizza

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

pizza

  1. (Mainland China, neologism) Alternative form of 比薩比萨 (bǐsà, pizza)

Etymology 2

From English pizza.

Pronunciation

Noun

pizza

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) pizza (Classifier: c;  c;  c;  c)
Alternative forms
  • 披莎, 批莎
Synonyms

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza f

  1. pizza

Declension

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]

Noun

pizza c (singular definite pizzaen, plural indefinite pizzaer)

  1. pizza [from 1957]

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. pizza

Derived terms

  • pizzabodem
  • pizzaoven
  • Turkse pizza

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • pitsa

Etymology

From Neapolitan pizza, of uncertain origin, likely related to the Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, cake, pie). According to SSA, first attested in 1960.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -itsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): piz‧za

Noun

pizza

  1. pizza

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • pizza”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pid.za/

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Related terms

Further reading

  • “pizza” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza (plural pizzák)

  1. pizza

Inflection

References

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • pítsa (standard)
  • pitsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰitsa/

Noun

pizza f (genitive singular pizzu, nominative plural pizzur)

  1. pizza
    Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

Declension

Synonyms

  • flatbaka (pizza)

Interlingua

Noun

pizza (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Italian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈpit.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ittsa
  • Hyphenation: pìz‧za

Noun

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pizza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Anagrams

  • pazzi

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pizza and/or Italian pizza. Further origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪt.t͡sa/

Noun

pizza f (plural pizez)

  1. pizza (dish)

Neapolitan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitt͡sə/

Noun

pizza f

  1. pizza

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Noun

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

  1. a pizza

Derived terms

  • pizzaskjærer

References

  • “pizza” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitsa/

Noun

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

  1. pizza

References

  • “pizza” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza. Doublet of pita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpit͡s.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -it͡st͡sa
  • Syllabification: piz‧za

Noun

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

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • piza

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: piza, pisa, Pisa (Portugal)

Noun

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

  • acabar em pizza
  • pizzaria

Related terms

  • pizzaiolo

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.t͡sa/

Noun

pizza f (plural pizze)

  1. (cooking) pizza

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpit͡sa]

Noun

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

  1. pizza

Declension

Related terms

  • pizzeria f

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • 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]
  • Syllabification: piz‧za

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzas)

  1. pizza

Usage notes

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

Further reading

  • “pizza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²pɪtsa/

Noun

pizza c

  1. pizza

Usage notes

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • barnpizza
  • familjepizza
  • kebabpizza
  • lägga en pizza
  • pizzabagare (pizza chef)
  • pizzasallad
  • pizzadeg (pizza dough)
  • pizzakartong (pizza box)
  • pizzeria
  • råttan i pizzan

Related terms

  • pizzeria

References

  • pizza in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • pizza in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi(z)ˈzɑ/

Noun

pizza (definite accusative pizzayı, plural pizzalar)

  1. (cooking) pizza

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org