Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mozzarella

/mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: moz-zarel-la
IPA: /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/

30

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad"
"Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller"
"Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella"
"I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: mozzarella, mutilare

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
British English: /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mozzarellas (plural) mozzarelle (plural)

Derived Forms

cheddarella

Phrases

mozzarella stick

Synonyms

cheese cheddar ackers bees and honey blunt bones brass bread bread and honey Bugs Bunny cake ching

Rhymes With

umbrella bella stella ella fella isabella cinderella della mandela salmonella novella ela

Questions

How do you pronounce mozzarella?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/.
What does mozzarella mean?: Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
Where does mozzarella come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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