pepperoni
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pepperoni
See also: pepperóní
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian peperone (“bell pepper”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/
Noun
pepperoni (countable and uncountable, plural pepperonis or pepperoni)
- A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
- Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.
- Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
sausage
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Finnish
Etymology
English pepperoni, from Italian peperone (“bell pepper”). The sense "chili" probably after German Peperoni.
Pronunciation
Noun
pepperoni
- pepperoni (sausage)
- pepperoni (pizza)
- A type of longish, relatively mild, pickled, yellowish green chili, often served as condiment to doner kebab.
Declension
| Inflection of pepperoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pepperoni | pepperonit | ||
| genitive | pepperonin | pepperonien | ||
| partitive | pepperonia | pepperoneja | ||
| illative | pepperoniin | pepperoneihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | pepperoni | pepperonit | ||
| accusative | nom. | pepperoni | pepperonit | |
| gen. | pepperonin | |||
| genitive | pepperonin | pepperonien | ||
| partitive | pepperonia | pepperoneja | ||
| inessive | pepperonissa | pepperoneissa | ||
| elative | pepperonista | pepperoneista | ||
| illative | pepperoniin | pepperoneihin | ||
| adessive | pepperonilla | pepperoneilla | ||
| ablative | pepperonilta | pepperoneilta | ||
| allative | pepperonille | pepperoneille | ||
| essive | pepperonina | pepperoneina | ||
| translative | pepperoniksi | pepperoneiksi | ||
| abessive | pepperonitta | pepperoneitta | ||
| instructive | — | pepperonein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “pepperoni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English pepperoni.
Noun
pepperoni m (plural pepperonis)
Hypernyms
Polish
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pepperoni.
Pronunciation
Noun
pepperoni n (indeclinable)
- pepperoni (spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper)
- Hypernym: salami
- pepperoni (pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese, and pepperoni toppings)
- peperoncino, friggitello (sweet Italian chili pepper of the species Capsicum annuum)