🇮🇹 italiano

pizza

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feminine

la pizza

pizza

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pizza
/la ˈpittsa/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice pizza in italiano?

AFI
/la ˈpittsa/

How do you pronounce pizza in italiano?

pizza is pronounced /la ˈpittsa/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

La pizza italiana è più buona della pizza americana.

The Italian pizza is better than American pizza.

Questa pizza margherita è davvero deliziosa e fresca.

This margherita pizza is really delicious and fresh.

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Perché è feminine?

The word "pizza" is feminine in Italian. While its exact etymology is debated, the most commonly cited origin traces it to Latin *pinsa* (feminine past participle of *pingere*, meaning "to stretch" or "to flatten"), which referred to flatbread. The feminine gender was preserved as the word evolved through Italian. However, some linguists propose alternative etymologies, and the word's gender assignment may partly reflect the feminine gender of related Italian words for flatbreads rather than following a standard gender rule.

Come si dice pizza in italiano?

In italiano, pizza si dice la pizza — feminine.

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