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pizză

pizza /ˈpid.zə/

noun#1935 most common

Example sentences

Eu mănânc o pizză.
I am eating a pizza.
Vrem să comandăm o pizză mare.
We want to order a big pizza.
Am mâncat toată pizza aseară.
I ate the whole pizza last night.
Ne-am dus la pizzerie și am comandat două pizze cu ciuperci.
We went to the pizzeria and ordered two mushroom pizzas.
Mirosul pizzei proaspăt scoase din cuptor umplea toată bucătăria.
The smell of the pizza fresh out of the oven filled the whole kitchen.
Deși pizzele americane sunt cunoscute pentru cantitatea generoasă de brânză, pizza napolitană autentică rămâne, pentru mulți cunoscători, etalonul desăvârșirii culinare.
Although American pizzas are known for their generous amount of cheese, authentic Neapolitan pizza remains, for many connoisseurs, the standard of culinary perfection.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativepizzăpizze
Genitivepizzepizze
Accusativepizzăpizze
Vocativepizzăpizze

Word family

pizzeriepizzeria, pizza restaurant
pizzarpizza maker (informal)
felie de pizzăslice of pizza
pizzaalternate spelling of the same word, common on menus

Etymology

Romanian borrowed the word directly from Italian "pizza" in the twentieth century, as the dish spread across Europe. Once in Romanian, the word was fitted to the native pattern for feminine nouns ending in -ă, such as "casă" or "masă", which is why the base form is written "pizză" and inflects the same way. The ultimate origin of the Italian word itself is disputed among etymologists, with competing theories pointing to Greek or Langobardic sources.

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