calzone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /kælˈzoʊn/ (US)
- /kælˈzəʊni/ (UK)
- kălt-sōʹnē (UK)
- /kælˈzoʊneɪ/ (US)
- kăl-zōʹnē (UK)
- /kæltˈsəʊni/ (UK)
- kăl-zōnʹ (US) ā
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.
Meanings
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A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
It was a much classier presentation than the oil-stained paper plate I would use to transport my calzones of yore, and it tasted better, too. […] That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind.
2012 April 13, Melissa Clark, “See You Later, Pizza, This Dough Is for Calzones”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calzony | alternative | lexicographic | |
| calzoney | alternative | lexicographic | |
| calzoni | alternative | lexicographic | |
| calzoni | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| calzonie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| calzones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
stromboli · pizza pocket · panzerotto
Translations (12)
da calzone (baked Italian turnover) · fr calzone (baked Italian turnover) · de Calzone (baked Italian turnover) · pt calzone (baked Italian turnover) · pl calzone (baked Italian turnover) · es calzone (baked Italian turnover) · bg калцо́не (baked Italian turnover) · el καλτσόνε (baked Italian turnover) · ja カルツォーネ (baked Italian turnover) · it calzone (baked Italian turnover) · eo kalzoneo (baked Italian turnover) · ru кальцо́не (baked Italian turnover)