pepperoni
A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned…A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
» Tom wants pepperoni on his pizza.
Tom will Peperoni auf seine Pizza.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
Salami, Pfeffersalami, scharfe Salami
a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)
(countable, uncountable)Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.
Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.
Examples
26 sentencesTom wants pepperoni on his pizza.
deTom will Peperoni auf seine Pizza.
I want pepperoni on my pizza.
deIch will Salami auf meiner Pizza.
Tom has ordered a pepperoni pizza.
For lunch we had a pepperoni pizza with tossed salad.
I don't like pepperoni pizza very much.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).
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Forms
plural: pepperonis / pepperoni| Singular | pepperoni |
|---|---|
| Plural | pepperonis / pepperoni |
regular
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable