mortadella

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English

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A big mortadella

Etymology

From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (sausage seasoned with myrtle berries), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

Noun

mortadella (countable and uncountable, plural mortadellas or mortadelle)

  1. A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.

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Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian mortadella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmortɑdelːɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -elːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): mor‧ta‧del‧la

Noun

mortadella

  1. mortadella

Declension

Inflection of mortadella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mortadella mortadellat
genitive mortadellan mortadellojen
partitive mortadellaa mortadelloja
illative mortadellaan mortadelloihin
singular plural
nominative mortadella mortadellat
accusative nom. mortadella mortadellat
gen. mortadellan
genitive mortadellan mortadellojen
mortadellain rare
partitive mortadellaa mortadelloja
inessive mortadellassa mortadelloissa
elative mortadellasta mortadelloista
illative mortadellaan mortadelloihin
adessive mortadellalla mortadelloilla
ablative mortadellalta mortadelloilta
allative mortadellalle mortadelloille
essive mortadellana mortadelloina
translative mortadellaksi mortadelloiksi
abessive mortadellatta mortadelloitta
instructive mortadelloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mortadella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

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Italian

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Etymology

From a diminutive of Latin murtatum (sausage seasoned with myrtle berries), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mor.taˈdɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: mor‧ta‧dèl‧la

Noun

mortadella f (plural mortadelle)

  1. mortadella

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mortadella.

Noun

mortadella f (uncountable)

  1. mortadella

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mortadella mortadella
genitive-dative mortadelle mortadellei
vocative