pizze

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːt.seɪ/

Noun

pizze

1. (rare) plural of pizza
   • 1938, Giuseppe Orioli, Adventures of a Bookseller, page 321:

     […] they manufacture the detestable tarts called pizze, very popular in this part of the world.

   • 1957, Armando T. Perretta, Take a Number, page 82:

     Twice a week his mother baked bread, and twice a week there were pizze fritte for breakfast instead of cocoa and stale bread.

   • 1973, Maria-Antonietta MacciocchiPartito Comunista Italianoet al., Letters from Inside the Italian Communist Party to Louis Althusser, page 121:

     The city seemed like one gigantic fry-shop, with ‘zeppole’, ‘pizze’ and ‘calzoni’ sizzling on every street-corner.

   • 1999, Elizabeth David, Italian Food, page 115:

     The variety of pizze is immense. The true Roman pizza, for instance, is made with onions and oil, no tomato.

   • 2000, Matthew Evans, Italy: World Food, page 2:

     The most exquisite pizze are cooked in a forno a legna (woodfired oven).

   • 2004, Anna Del Conte, The Classic Food of Northern Italy, page 203:

     Umbria is rich in paste, pizze, savoury torte, minestre and polenta dishes.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ
• Hyphenation: pi‧z‧ze
• Homophone: pice

Noun

pizze

1. dative/locative singular of pizza

Italian

Noun

pizze f

1. plural of pizza

Anagrams

• pezzi