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)

1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
   • 2006, George Galjan, Cops, Donuts, and Murder, page 107:

     He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.

   • 2019 September 5, Aisha Harris, “‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)

2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.

   Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.

   • 2023 September 6, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate‎^[2], archived from the original on 6 September 2023:

     There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.

Hypernyms

• (sausage): salami, sausage
• (pizza): pizza

Derived terms

• pepperoni nipple
• pepperoni roll

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: pepperoni
• → French: pepperoni
• → Icelandic: pepperóní
• → Polish: pepperoni

Translations

sausage

• Arabic: بِبَرُونِي m (bibarūnī)

  Hijazi Arabic: ببروني m (bibarōni, piparōni)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烤胡椒香腸／烤胡椒香肠 (zh)

• Finnish: pepperoni (fi)
• French: pepperoni (fr) m
• German: Salami (de) f, Pfeffersalami f, scharfe Salami f
• Greek: πεπερόνι (peperóni), σαλαμάκι (salamáki), πικάντικο σαλάμι (pikántiko salámi)
• Icelandic: pepperóní n
• Italian: salame piccante m
• Japanese: ペパロニ (peparoni)
• Norwegian: pepperoni m
• Polish: pepperoni (pl) n
• Turkish: pepperoni

pizza

• Finnish: pepperoni (fi)
• French: pepperoni (fr) m
• Polish: pepperoni (pl) n

Finnish

Etymology

English pepperoni, from Italian peperone (“bell pepper”). The sense "chili" probably after German Peperoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpepːeroni/, [ˈpe̞pːe̞ˌro̞ni]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Syllabification^(key): pep‧pe‧ro‧ni

Noun

pepperoni

1. pepperoni (sausage)
2. pepperoni (pizza)
3. 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.

Possessive forms of pepperoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pepperonini pepperonini accusative nom. pepperonini pepperonini gen. pepperonini genitive pepperonini pepperonieni partitive pepperoniani pepperonejani inessive pepperonissani pepperoneissani elative pepperonistani pepperoneistani illative pepperoniini pepperoneihini adessive pepperonillani pepperoneillani ablative pepperoniltani pepperoneiltani allative pepperonilleni pepperoneilleni essive pepperoninani pepperoneinani translative pepperonikseni pepperoneikseni abessive pepperonittani pepperoneittani instructive — — comitative — pepperoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pepperonisi pepperonisi accusative nom. pepperonisi pepperonisi gen. pepperonisi genitive pepperonisi pepperoniesi partitive pepperoniasi pepperonejasi inessive pepperonissasi pepperoneissasi elative pepperonistasi pepperoneistasi illative pepperoniisi pepperoneihisi adessive pepperonillasi pepperoneillasi ablative pepperoniltasi pepperoneiltasi allative pepperonillesi pepperoneillesi essive pepperoninasi pepperoneinasi translative pepperoniksesi pepperoneiksesi abessive pepperonittasi pepperoneittasi instructive — — comitative — pepperoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pepperonimme pepperonimme accusative nom. pepperonimme pepperonimme gen. pepperonimme genitive pepperonimme pepperoniemme partitive pepperoniamme pepperonejamme inessive pepperonissamme pepperoneissamme elative pepperonistamme pepperoneistamme illative pepperoniimme pepperoneihimme adessive pepperonillamme pepperoneillamme ablative pepperoniltamme pepperoneiltamme allative pepperonillemme pepperoneillemme essive pepperoninamme pepperoneinamme translative pepperoniksemme pepperoneiksemme abessive pepperonittamme pepperoneittamme instructive — — comitative — pepperoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pepperoninne pepperoninne accusative nom. pepperoninne pepperoninne gen. pepperoninne genitive pepperoninne pepperonienne partitive pepperonianne pepperonejanne inessive pepperonissanne pepperoneissanne elative pepperonistanne pepperoneistanne illative pepperoniinne pepperoneihinne adessive pepperonillanne pepperoneillanne ablative pepperoniltanne pepperoneiltanne allative pepperonillenne pepperoneillenne essive pepperoninanne pepperoneinanne translative pepperoniksenne pepperoneiksenne abessive pepperonittanne pepperoneittanne instructive — — comitative — pepperoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pepperoninsa pepperoninsa accusative nom. pepperoninsa pepperoninsa gen. pepperoninsa genitive pepperoninsa pepperoniensa partitive pepperoniaan pepperoniansa pepperonejaan pepperonejansa inessive pepperonissaan pepperonissansa pepperoneissaan pepperoneissansa elative pepperonistaan pepperonistansa pepperoneistaan pepperoneistansa illative pepperoniinsa pepperoneihinsa adessive pepperonillaan pepperonillansa pepperoneillaan pepperoneillansa ablative pepperoniltaan pepperoniltansa pepperoneiltaan pepperoneiltansa allative pepperonilleen pepperonillensa pepperoneilleen pepperoneillensa essive pepperoninaan pepperoninansa pepperoneinaan pepperoneinansa translative pepperonikseen pepperoniksensa pepperoneikseen pepperoneiksensa abessive pepperonittaan pepperonittansa pepperoneittaan pepperoneittansa instructive — — comitative — pepperoneineen pepperoneinensa

Further reading

• “pepperoni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[3] (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)

1. pepperoni (sausage)
2. pepperoni (pizza)

Hypernyms

• (sausage): salami, saucisse
• (pizza): pizza

Polish

pepperoni

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pepperoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.pɛˈrɔ.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -ɔɲi
• Syllabification: pe‧ppe‧ro‧ni

Noun

pepperoni n (indeclinable)

1. pepperoni (spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper)

   Hypernym: salami

2. pepperoni (pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese, and pepperoni toppings)
3. peperoncino, friggitello (sweet Italian chili pepper of the species Capsicum annuum)

Further reading

• pepperoni in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pepperoni in Polish dictionaries at PWN