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la

feminine

/pid.za/

Line drawing of pizza
Coloured illustration of pizza
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Translation

pizza

Word origin

Borrowed from Italian pizza, a Neapolitan word for a flat baked dough. It entered French in the twentieth century along with the dish itself, and English took the same word from the same source.

Origin
Italian
Root
pizza

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpizzas

Examples

?

Shall we order a pizza tonight?

aux , ' .

I will have a four-cheese pizza, please.

cuite.

The pizza came out of the oven slightly overdone.

.

There are two slices of pizza left in the fridge.

, trottoir.

The best pizzas in town are eaten standing up, on the pavement.

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This word is part of lesson 32.