pizza

See also: Pizza and pizzą

English

A pizza.

Pizza in a wood-fired oven.

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”); From Aramaic פִיתָּא (pītā, “piece of bread”), Hebrew פַּת (paṯ, “bread”). Doublet of pide and pita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːt.sə/, [ˈpʰit.sə]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -iːtsə
• (South Asia, spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪzːaː/, /piːzaː/

Noun

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

2. (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

   a slice of pizza

   a pizza pie

   Want to go out for pizza tonight?

3. (countable) A single instance of this dish.

   Synonyms: pizza pie, pie

   He ate a whole pizza!

   Should we cook a frozen pizza for dinner?

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• apizza

Translations

baked Italian dish

Afrikaans: pizza (af) Albanian: picë f Amharic: ፒዛ (piza) Arabic: بِيتْزَا f (bītzā) Hijazi Arabic: بيتزا f (bītza, pītza) Moroccan Arabic: بيتزا f (pītza) Tunisian Arabic: بيتزا f (pītza) Armenian: պիցցա (hy) (picʻcʻa) Basque: pizza (eu) Belarusian: пі́ца (be) f (píca) Bengali: পিৎজা (bn) (pitja) Bulgarian: пи́ца (bg) f (píca) Burmese: ပီဇာ (pija) Catalan: pizza (ca) f Chechen: пицс (pics), питц (pitc) Chinese: Cantonese: 薄餅 / 薄饼 (bok6 beng2) Mandarin: 比薩 / 比萨 (zh) (bǐsà), 披薩 / 披萨 (zh) (pīsà), 比薩餅 / 比萨饼 (zh) (bǐsàbǐng) Czech: pizza (cs) f Danish: pizza (da) c Dhivehi: ޕިއްޒާ (pizzā) Dutch: pizza (nl) f Esperanto: pico Estonian: pitsa (et) Faroese: pitsa f Finnish: pizza (fi), pitsa (fi) French: pizza (fr) f Galician: pizza (gl) f Georgian: პიცა (ṗica) German: Pizza (de) f Greek: πίτσα (el) f (pítsa) Gujarati: પીત્ઝા (pītjhā) Hebrew: פִּיצָה (he) f (pítsa) Hindi: पिज़ा m (pizā), पिज़्ज़ा m (pizzā) Hungarian: pizza (hu) Icelandic: flatbaka (is) f, pítsa (is) f, pitsa (is) f (sometimes spelled pizza (is)) Ido: pizza (io) Indonesian: piza (id), pizza Interlingua: pizza Irish: píotsa m Italian: pizza (it) f Japanese: ピザ (ja) (piza), ピッツァ (ja) (pittsa), ピザパイ (pizapai) Kapampangan: pitsa Kazakh: пицца (pissa) Khmer: ភីហ្សា (phiizaa) Korean: 피자 (ko) (pija) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پیتزا (ckb) (pîtza) Laki: پیتزا (ku) (pîtza) Northern Kurdish: pîza (ku) f Southern Kurdish: پیتزا (ku) (pîtza) Kyrgyz: пицца (ky) (pitstsa) Lao: ພິດຊ້າ (phit sā), ພິດຊ່າ (phit sā), ພິດຊາ (phit sā) Latin: placenta neapolitana f, pitta Latvian: pica (lv) f Lithuanian: pica (lt) f Luxembourgish: Pizza (lb) f Macedonian: пи́ца (mk) f (píca) Malay: pizza Maltese: pizza f, ftajra Maori: parehe Marathi: पिझ्झा m (pij̈hj̈hā) Mongolian: пицца (mn) (picca) Navajo: náneeskaadítéél Norwegian: Bokmål: pizza (no) m Nynorsk: pizza m Pashto: پيزا Persian: پیتزا (fa) (pitzâ) Plautdietsch: Pieza m Polish: pizza (pl) f Portuguese: pizza (pt) f, piza (pt) f, pitsa f (rare), pítiça f (rare) Punjabi: ਪੀਜ਼ਾ m (pīzā) Romanian: pizza (ro) f Russian: пи́цца (ru) f (pícca) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пица f Roman: pica (sh) f Slovak: pizza f Slovene: pica (sl) f, pizza f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pizza f Spanish: pizza f (pitsa) Swedish: pizza (sv) c Tagalog: pitsa Tajik: питса (pitsa) Tamil: வேகப்பம் (vēkappam), பீத்சா (pītcā), பீஸ்ஸா (pīssā) Telugu: పిజ్జా (pijjā) Thai: พิซซ่า (th) (pít-sâa) Turkish: pizza (tr) Turkmen: pissa Ukrainian: пі́ца f (píca) Urdu: پیزا m (pizā) Uyghur: پىسسا (pissa) Uzbek: pitsa Vietnamese: bánh pizza, pizza (vi) Welsh: pitsa White Hmong: pis xam Yiddish: פּיצע f (pitse)

a single instance of that dish

Afrikaans: pizza (af) Bengali: পিৎজা (bn) (pitja) Bulgarian: пи́ца (bg) f (píca) Catalan: pizza (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 比薩 / 比萨 (zh) (bǐsà), 披薩 / 披萨 (zh) (pīsà), 比薩餅 / 比萨饼 (zh) (bǐsàbǐng) Finnish: pizza (fi), pitsa (fi) German: Pizza (de) f Greek: πίτσα (el) f (pítsa) Hungarian: pizza (hu) Italian: pizza (it) f Japanese: ピザ (ja) (piza), ピッツァ (ja) (pittsa) Latvian: pica (lv) f Norwegian: Bokmål: pizza (no) m Nynorsk: pizza m Polish: pizza (pl) f Portuguese: pizza (pt) f Russian: пи́цца (ru) f (pícca) Spanish: pizza f (pitsa) Swedish: pizza (sv) c Tamil: வேகப்பம் (vēkappam) Ukrainian: пі́ца f (píca) Yiddish: פּיצע f (pitse)

Further reading

• pizza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pizza f (plural pizzes)

1. pizza

Derived terms

• pizzer

Related terms

• pizzeria

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

[Show/Hide]
edit edit 彼薩 / 彼萨 比薩 / 比萨

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐsà
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-sa⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biisah
    • Palladius: биса (bisa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

Noun

pizza

1. (Mainland China, neologism) Alternative form of 比薩 / 比萨 (bǐsà, “pizza”)
   • 2005, 子尤, 《谁的青春有我狂》‎, 少年儿童出版社, →ISBN, page 251:

     那时我们得空还是会往姥姥家跑，一天，王钊打电话告诉我，准备 9 月 30 日，学校放假的那天请朋友们在 pizza 饼店吃饭。

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From English pizza.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ saa⁴ / pi¹ saa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹ saa⁴ / pi¹ saa²
    • Yale: pī sàh / pī sá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹ saa⁴ / pi¹ saa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹ sa⁴ / pi¹ sa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵ saː²¹/, /pʰiː⁵⁵ saː³⁵/

Noun

pizza

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) pizza (Classifier: 個／个 c; 塊／块 c; 件 c; 嚿 c)

Alternative forms

• 披莎, 批莎

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		比薩餅 Mainland China, 比薩 Mainland China, 披薩餅 Taiwan, 披薩 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	披薩
	Singapore	比沙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	披莎
	Hong Kong	pizza, 意大利薄餅, 意式薄餅, 薄餅, 鬼佬鹹煎餅
Wu	Shanghai	匹薩餅

Dialectal synonyms of 比薩餅 (“pizza”) [map]

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza f

1. pizza

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pizza	pizzy
genitive	pizzy	pizz
dative	pizze	pizzám
accusative	pizzu	pizzy
vocative	pizzo	pizzy
locative	pizze	pizzách
instrumental	pizzou	pizzami

Declension of pizza (hard feminine)

Related terms

• pizzerie f

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitsa/, [ˈpʰid̥sa]

Noun

pizza c (singular definite pizzaen, plural indefinite pizzaer)

1. pizza [from 1957]

Inflection

Declension of pizza

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pizza	pizzaen	pizzaer	pizzaerne
genitive	pizzas	pizzaens	pizzaers	pizzaernes

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsaː/, /ˈpidzaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: piz‧za

Noun

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

1. pizza

Derived terms

• pizzabodem
• pizzadoos
• pizzaoven
• pizzarestaurant
• pizzatent
• straatpizza
• Turkse pizza

Related terms

• pizzeria

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^fi

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza

1. pizza

Declension

Inflection of pizza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pizza	pizzat
genitive		pizzan	pizzojen
partitive		pizzaa	pizzoja
illative		pizzaan	pizzoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pizza	pizzat
accusative	nom.	pizza	pizzat
	gen.	pizzan
genitive		pizzan	pizzojen pizzain rare
partitive		pizzaa	pizzoja
inessive		pizzassa	pizzoissa
elative		pizzasta	pizzoista
illative		pizzaan	pizzoihin
adessive		pizzalla	pizzoilla
ablative		pizzalta	pizzoilta
allative		pizzalle	pizzoille
essive		pizzana	pizzoina
translative		pizzaksi	pizzoiksi
abessive		pizzatta	pizzoitta
instructive		—	pizzoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pizza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pizzani pizzani accusative nom. pizzani pizzani gen. pizzani genitive pizzani pizzojeni pizzaini rare partitive pizzaani pizzojani inessive pizzassani pizzoissani elative pizzastani pizzoistani illative pizzaani pizzoihini adessive pizzallani pizzoillani ablative pizzaltani pizzoiltani allative pizzalleni pizzoilleni essive pizzanani pizzoinani translative pizzakseni pizzoikseni abessive pizzattani pizzoittani instructive — — comitative — pizzoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pizzasi pizzasi accusative nom. pizzasi pizzasi gen. pizzasi genitive pizzasi pizzojesi pizzaisi rare partitive pizzaasi pizzojasi inessive pizzassasi pizzoissasi elative pizzastasi pizzoistasi illative pizzaasi pizzoihisi adessive pizzallasi pizzoillasi ablative pizzaltasi pizzoiltasi allative pizzallesi pizzoillesi essive pizzanasi pizzoinasi translative pizzaksesi pizzoiksesi abessive pizzattasi pizzoittasi instructive — — comitative — pizzoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pizzamme pizzamme accusative nom. pizzamme pizzamme gen. pizzamme genitive pizzamme pizzojemme pizzaimme rare partitive pizzaamme pizzojamme inessive pizzassamme pizzoissamme elative pizzastamme pizzoistamme illative pizzaamme pizzoihimme adessive pizzallamme pizzoillamme ablative pizzaltamme pizzoiltamme allative pizzallemme pizzoillemme essive pizzanamme pizzoinamme translative pizzaksemme pizzoiksemme abessive pizzattamme pizzoittamme instructive — — comitative — pizzoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pizzanne pizzanne accusative nom. pizzanne pizzanne gen. pizzanne genitive pizzanne pizzojenne pizzainne rare partitive pizzaanne pizzojanne inessive pizzassanne pizzoissanne elative pizzastanne pizzoistanne illative pizzaanne pizzoihinne adessive pizzallanne pizzoillanne ablative pizzaltanne pizzoiltanne allative pizzallenne pizzoillenne essive pizzananne pizzoinanne translative pizzaksenne pizzoiksenne abessive pizzattanne pizzoittanne instructive — — comitative — pizzoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pizzansa pizzansa accusative nom. pizzansa pizzansa gen. pizzansa genitive pizzansa pizzojensa pizzainsa rare partitive pizzaansa pizzojaan pizzojansa inessive pizzassaan pizzassansa pizzoissaan pizzoissansa elative pizzastaan pizzastansa pizzoistaan pizzoistansa illative pizzaansa pizzoihinsa adessive pizzallaan pizzallansa pizzoillaan pizzoillansa ablative pizzaltaan pizzaltansa pizzoiltaan pizzoiltansa allative pizzalleen pizzallensa pizzoilleen pizzoillensa essive pizzanaan pizzanansa pizzoinaan pizzoinansa translative pizzakseen pizzaksensa pizzoikseen pizzoiksensa abessive pizzattaan pizzattansa pizzoittaan pizzoittansa instructive — — comitative — pizzoineen pizzoinensa

Derived terms

(compounds):

• ananaspizza
• einespizza
• pannupizza
• pekonipizza
• pizzaleikkuri
• pizzamauste
• pizzamyymälä
• pizzapaikka
• pizzapohja
• pizzapöytä
• pizzaravintola
• pizzatuki
• pizzauuni
• poropizza
• tonnikalapizza
• valmispizza

References

1. Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

• “pizza”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

French Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pid.za/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Audio:

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Noun

pizza f (plural pizzas)

1. pizza

Derived terms

• pizza hawaïenne
• pizza margherita
• pizza poutine
• pizza québécoise
• poutine pizza

Further reading

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

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^gl

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

• pizzaría
• pizzeiro
• pizzería

Further reading

• “pizza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Hungarian

 pizza on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pizza (plural pizzák)

1. pizza

Inflection

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pizza	pizzák
accusative	pizzát	pizzákat
dative	pizzának	pizzáknak
instrumental	pizzával	pizzákkal
causal-final	pizzáért	pizzákért
translative	pizzává	pizzákká
terminative	pizzáig	pizzákig
essive-formal	pizzaként	pizzákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pizzában	pizzákban
superessive	pizzán	pizzákon
adessive	pizzánál	pizzáknál
illative	pizzába	pizzákba
sublative	pizzára	pizzákra
allative	pizzához	pizzákhoz
elative	pizzából	pizzákból
delative	pizzáról	pizzákról
ablative	pizzától	pizzáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pizzáé	pizzáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pizzáéi	pizzákéi

Possessive forms of pizza

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pizzám	pizzáim
2nd person sing.	pizzád	pizzáid
3rd person sing.	pizzája	pizzái
1st person plural	pizzánk	pizzáink
2nd person plural	pizzátok	pizzáitok
3rd person plural	pizzájuk	pizzáik

References

1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^is

Alternative forms

• pítsa (proscribed)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰitsa/

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Noun

pizza f (genitive singular pizzu, nominative plural pizzur)

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of pitsa (“pizza”)

   Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pizza	pizzan	pizzur	pizzurnar
accusative	pizzu	pizzuna	pizzur	pizzurnar
dative	pizzu	pizzunni	pizzum	pizzunum
genitive	pizzu	pizzunnar	pizza	pizzanna

Declension of pizza (feminine)

Further reading

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “pizza”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Interlingua

Noun

pizza (plural pizzas)

1. pizza

Italian

una pizza margherita

a margherita pizza

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. Also possibly from Lombardic bizzo.

Pronunciation

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

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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

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

   He got so angry that he slapped my face!

Derived terms

• pizza bianca
• pizzaiola
• pizzaiolo
• pizzata
• pizzeria
• pizzetta
• pizzoso

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

Neapolitan Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^nap

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Noun

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

1. a pizza

   Skal vi bestille en pizza?

   Should we order a pizza?

Derived terms

• pizzaskjærer

References

• “pizza” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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.

Old High German

Noun

pizza f

1. (Lombardic) Alternative form of bizza (“morsel, chunk”)
   • [(Can we date this quote?), Codex Vindobonensis 804, p. 173a; Codex Wirziburgensis Mp. th. 4⁰ 60, p. 104b^[1]:

     offa — pizza]

References

1. Steinmeyer, Elias von, Sievers, Eduard, editors (1879), Die althochdeutschen Glossen, Berlin: Weidmann, section 1190, page 216, line 53

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^pl

pizza

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza. Doublet of pita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡s.t͡sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

	singular	plural
nominative	pizza	pizze
genitive	pizzy	pizz
dative	pizzy	pizzom
accusative	pizzę	pizze
instrumental	pizzą	pizzami
locative	pizzy	pizzach
vocative	pizzo	pizze

Declension of pizza

Related terms

(nouns):

• pizzer
• pizzeria
• pizzerka
• pizzomat

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

• piza

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza, from Neapolitan pizza, from a local dialectal form of Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”). Doublet of pita.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpit.sɐ/, (colloquial) /ˈpi.t͡ʃi.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpit.sɐ/, (colloquial) /ˈpi.t͡ʃi.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpit.sa/, (colloquial) /ˈpi.t͡ʃi.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.zɐ/, /ˈpi.tsɐ/

• 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

Declension of pizza

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pizză	pizza		pizze	pizzele
genitive-dative	pizze	pizzei		pizze	pizzelor
vocative	pizză, pizzo			pizzelor

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpit͡sa]

Noun

pizza f

1. pizza

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pizza	pizze
genitive	pizze	pizz
dative	pizzi	pizzám
accusative	pizzu	pizze
locative	pizzi	pizzách
instrumental	pizzou	pizzami

Declension of pizza (pattern ulica)

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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpidtsa/ [ˈpið̞.t̪sa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɡsa/ [ˈpiɣ̞.sa]
• IPA^(key): (or even, Spain) /ˈpiθa/ [ˈpi.θa]
• IPA^(key): (or even, Latin America, Philippines) /ˈpisa/ [ˈpi.sa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• 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

• cortador de pizzas
• cortapizzas
• pizzería
• pizzero

Further reading

• “pizza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^sv

en kebabpizza

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pɪtsa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pizza c

1. pizza

   – Hej! Vi skulle vilja beställa en vesuvio-barnpizza, en capricciosa och en kebabpizza, tack! – Det fixar vi! Äta här eller ta med? – Ta med. – Okej! Tjugo minuter ungefär. – Perfekt, vi återkommer!

   – Hi! We'd like to order one child-size/small vesuvio, one capricciosa, and one kebabpizza, please. – Sure thing ("We'll fix that")! Eat here or take away ("take with")? – Take away. – Alright! It'll take about twenty minutes. – Perfect, we'll come back!

   svulla en pizza

   chow down a pizza

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of pizza

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pizza	pizzas
	definite	pizzan	pizzans
plural	indefinite	pizzor	pizzors
	definite	pizzorna	pizzornas

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

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

pizza

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizza. Doublet of pide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi(z)zɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pizza (definite accusative pizzayı, plural pizzalar)

1. (cooking) pizza

Declension

Declension of pizza

singular plural nominative pizza pizzalar definite accusative pizzayı pizzaları dative pizzaya pizzalara locative pizzada pizzalarda ablative pizzadan pizzalardan genitive pizzanın pizzaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pizzam pizzalarım 2nd singular pizzan pizzaların 3rd singular pizzası pizzaları 1st plural pizzamız pizzalarımız 2nd plural pizzanız pizzalarınız 3rd plural pizzaları pizzaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular pizzamı pizzalarımı 2nd singular pizzanı pizzalarını 3rd singular pizzasını pizzalarını 1st plural pizzamızı pizzalarımızı 2nd plural pizzanızı pizzalarınızı 3rd plural pizzalarını pizzalarını dative singular plural 1st singular pizzama pizzalarıma 2nd singular pizzana pizzalarına 3rd singular pizzasına pizzalarına 1st plural pizzamıza pizzalarımıza 2nd plural pizzanıza pizzalarınıza 3rd plural pizzalarına pizzalarına locative singular plural 1st singular pizzamda pizzalarımda 2nd singular pizzanda pizzalarında 3rd singular pizzasında pizzalarında 1st plural pizzamızda pizzalarımızda 2nd plural pizzanızda pizzalarınızda 3rd plural pizzalarında pizzalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular pizzamdan pizzalarımdan 2nd singular pizzandan pizzalarından 3rd singular pizzasından pizzalarından 1st plural pizzamızdan pizzalarımızdan 2nd plural pizzanızdan pizzalarınızdan 3rd plural pizzalarından pizzalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular pizzamın pizzalarımın 2nd singular pizzanın pizzalarının 3rd singular pizzasının pizzalarının 1st plural pizzamızın pizzalarımızın 2nd plural pizzanızın pizzalarınızın 3rd plural pizzalarının pizzalarının

Derived terms

• pizzacı
• pizzacılık

Further reading

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