pepperoni en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)
2019 May 9, Aisha Harris, “‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story”, in The New York Times:He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.
2006, George Galjan, Cops, Donuts, and Murder, page 107:
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(countable, uncountable) Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.
Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.
There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.
2023 June 9, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pepperonis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pepperoni | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pepperonied · vegaroni · ripperoni · yepperoni · pepperoni roll · pepperoni nipple
Descendants
pepperoni · pepperóní · pepperoni · pepperoni
Hypernyms
Translations (23)
is pepperóní (sausage) · el πεπερόνι (sausage) · el πικάντικο σαλάμι (sausage) · pl pepperoni (pizza) · de Pfeffersalami (sausage) · cmn 烤胡椒香腸 /烤胡椒香肠 (sausage) · pl pepperoni (sausage) · acw ببروني (sausage) · fr pepperoni (pizza) · ja ペパロニ (sausage) · cmn 辣肉腸 /辣肉肠 (sausage) · de Salami (sausage) · it salame piccante (sausage) · cmn 貝貝羅尼 /贝贝罗尼 (sausage) · de scharfe Salami (sausage) · ar بِبَرُونِي (sausage) · el σαλαμάκι (sausage) · fi pepperoni (pizza) · tr pepperoni (sausage) · fr pepperoni (sausage) · fi pepperoni (sausage) · no pepperoni (sausage) · ko 페퍼로니 (sausage)