Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pizze

/ˈpiːt.seɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pizze
IPA: /ˈpiːt.seɪ/

25

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of pizza

Example Sentences

"[…] they manufacture the detestable tarts called pizze, very popular in this part of the world."
"Twice a week his mother baked bread, and twice a week there were pizze fritte for breakfast instead of cocoa and stale bread."
"The city seemed like one gigantic fry-shop, with ‘zeppole’, ‘pizze’ and ‘calzoni’ sizzling on every street-corner."
"The variety of pizze is immense. The true Roman pizza, for instance, is made with onions and oil, no tomato."
"The most exquisite pizze are cooked in a forno a legna (woodfired oven)."
"Umbria is rich in paste, pizze, savoury torte, minestre and polenta dishes."

Etymology

English irregular plural forms are usually from the plural form of the singular form’s etymon, which is Neapolitan pizze, the plural of pizza; however, it is much more likely to have been borrowed from Italian pizze, due to the worldwide influence of Italian cuisine.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: pizze

Questions

How do you pronounce pizze?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpiːt.seɪ/.
What does pizze mean?: plural of pizza
Where does pizze come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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