pizza

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • (culinary) pizza
  • (cinema) reel
  • (idiomatic) something very monotonous and boring, a bore
  • (idiomatic) a slap, a smack on the face

Etymology

Derived from πίττα (pie, cake) derived from Ancient Greek πίσσα (pitch, tar) derived from πίττα borrowed from bizzo (chunk, bit) derived from Latin pinsō (pound, crush, stamp, I beat).

Origin

Latin

pinsō

Gloss

pound, crush, stamp, I beat

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
💷

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