German

Noun

Pizza f ‎(genitive Pizza, plural Pizzen or Pizzas)

1. pizza

Usage notes

Although both plurals are equally acceptable, Pizzen is considered stylistically better by many, and is probably somewhat more frequent.

English

A pizza.

Pizza

Alternative forms

• pitza (South African English)

Noun

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

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

   a slice of pizza

   a pizza pie

   Want to go out for pizza tonight?

2. (countable) A single instance of this dish

   He ate a whole pizza!

   Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

Usage notes

In phrases like pizza bread and pizza bagel, pizza refers to the toppings.

Synonyms

• pizza pie
• pie

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

pizza f ‎(plural pizzes)

1. pizza

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

pizza f

1. pizza

Declension

Related terms

• pizzerie f

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]

Noun

pizza c (singular definite pizzaen, plural indefinite pizzaer)

1. pizza [from 1957]

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/, IPA^(key): /ˈpidza/

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

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

1. pizza

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Alternative forms

• pitsa

Noun

pizza

1. pizza

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.dza/

Noun

pizza f ‎(plural pizzas)

1. pizza

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• pítsa (standard)
• pitsa

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

pizza f ‎(genitive singular pizzu, nominative plural pizzur)

1. pizza

Declension

Synonyms

• (pizza): (rare) flatbaka, pítsa

Interlingua

Noun

pizza ‎(plural pizzas)

1. pizza

Italian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin: perhaps from Byzantine Greek πίττα ‎(pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα ‎(píssa, “pitch”), Attic Greek πίττα ‎(pítta), from πεπτός ‎(peptós, “cooked”), or a borrowing from Lombardic bizzo, or from Latin pinsō ‎(“I beat, pound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit.tsa/, [ˈpit̪͡s̪ːä]
• Hyphenation: pìz‧za

Noun

una pizza margherita‎

a margherita pizza

pizza f ‎(plural pizze)

1. (foods) pizza
2. (film) reel
3. (idiomatic, colloquial) something very monotonous and boring; a bore

   Che pizza questo spettacolo!‎

   This performance is such a bore!

4. (idiomatic, slang, chiefly central Italy) a slap, a smack on the face

   Si è arrabbiato così tanto che mi ha tirato una pizza!‎

   He got so angry that he slapped my face!

Synonyms

• (reel): rullo, bobina
• (bore): noia, (colloquial) barba, (literary) tedio
• (slap): sberla, schiaffo, ceffone, manrovescio, (informal) sventola

Derived terms

Anagrams

• pazzi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

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

1. a pizza

References

• “pizza” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/ (example of pronunciation)

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

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpit͡st͡sa]

Noun

pizza f

1. pizza

Declension

Related terms

• pizzeria

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• piza (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpitsɐ/

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzas)

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

Derived terms

• acabar em pizza
• pizzaria

Related terms

• pizzaiolo

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

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

1. pizza

Declension

Related terms

• pizzeria f

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Noun

pizza f ‎(plural pizzas)

1. pizza

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitˌsa/

Noun

pizza c

1. pizza

Declension

Derived terms

• pizzabagare
• pizzeria

See also

• lägga en pizza
• pizzasallad