Dictionary

pizza en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpi.tsə/ (General-American)
• /ˈpiː.tsə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈpʰit.sə] (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor. Neapolitan pizzabor. English pizza First attested in 1931, borrowed from Neapolitan pizza (1590), the 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”); From Aramaic פִיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”), Hebrew פַּת (paṯ, “bread”). Doublet of pide and pita.

Meanings

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.
   • Want to go out for pizza tonight?
   • a pizza pie
   • a slice of pizza
2. (countable) A single instance of this dish.
   • Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?
   • He ate a whole pizza!
3. (countable, uncountable) snowplow: a maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.

Forms

Deriveds

pizza shop · pavement pizza · pizzaless · licorice pizza · California-style pizza · pizza guy · pizza-face · pizza puff · nonpizza · pizza store · two-pizza rule · Turkish pizza · pizza joint · 'za · California pizza · pizza girl · pizza sauce · poor man's pizza · Chicago style pizza · pizzachos · pizza crunch · Japanese pizza · pizza face · pierogi pizza · outpizza · pizza farm · pizza parlor · white pizza · sushi pizza · pizza casserole · pizzalike · garden pizza · pizza wheel · Hawaiian pizza · pizza peel · New York style pizza · deep dish pizza · pizza-ghetti · pizza sub sandwich · pizza sub · pizzawich · German pizza · pizza bagel · pan pizza · pizza bomb · margherita pizza · pizza lady · cheese pizza · meatza · pizza nigger · pizza fritta · pizza table · pizzamaker · New York pizza · za · pizza pan · track pizza · thick-crust pizza · New York-style pizza · pizza paddle · road pizza · pizza box · pizzeria · Greek pizza · pizza dish · pizzadilla · Margherita pizza · naanizza · pavement-pizza · deepdish pizza · pizza submarine sandwich · pizza bianca · pizza stone · Chicago pizza · pizza bone · Pizzagate · pizza oven · pizza woman · pizza place · pizza scissors · pizzalicious · deep-dish pizza · pizza parlour · pizza pie · Chicago-style pizza · pizzarito · pizza naan · pizza popper · sheet pizza · pizza roll · Pizza Meter · pizzetta · pizza eggs · pizza fractions · pizza toast · pizza cutter · pizzaburger · pizza boy · pizza bite · pizza Margherita · pizza saver · pizzaholic · pizza pocket · pizzahead · pizzoli · spaghetti pizza · thin-crust pizza · pizza man

Descendants

پیتزا · pitsa · 比薩 · 比萨 · पिज़्ज़ा · พิซซ่า

Relateds

apizza

Synonyms

pie · 'za · pizza pie

Translations (155)

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