Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

focaccia

/foʊˈkɑtʃə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: fo-cac-cia
IPA: /foʊˈkɑtʃə/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.

Uncountable

noun

A sandwich made with this type of bread.

Countable

Example Sentences

"The same dough can be used for bread, rolls, breadsticks, bruschetta, focaccia, calzone, or pizza. The only practical difference between pizza and focaccia is the thickness of the crust: Traditional pizza crust is thin, and something an inch or two thick […] is more like focaccia."
"Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.”"

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: focācium, focus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /foʊˈkɑtʃə/
British English: /fəˈkætʃə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

focaccias (plural)

Synonyms

focaccia bread

Rhymes With

matcha

Questions

How do you pronounce focaccia?: The recorded pronunciation is /foʊˈkɑtʃə/.
What does focaccia mean?: A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
Where does focaccia come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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