mortadella
mortadella noun: a smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.
Noun
mortadella (countable and uncountable, plural mortadellas or mortadelle)
Synonyms of mortadella
Forms of mortadella
| plural | mortadellas |
|---|---|
| plural | mortadelle |
Origin of mortadella
From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Words that rhyme with mortadella
- stella
- columella
- Ella
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- umbrella
- stracciatella
- a cappella
- fella
- ambarella
- citronella
- Coachella
- columnella
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- hella
- lamella
- micella
- mozzarella
- nigella
- predella
- salmonella
- Tudela
- varicella
- zooxanthella
- acanthella
- Adela
- amborella
- Bella
- brucella
- candela
- canella
- capitella
- castella
- cella
- cerebella
- chlorella
- clitella
- favela
- fellah
- flabella
- flagella
- fraxinella
- Gabriella
- haustella
- klebsiella
- labella
- mistella
- moraxella
- novella
- paella
- panatela
- petronella
- portabella
- prunella
- quinella
- rostella
- rubella
- scutella
- selaginella
- shigella
- subumbrella
- tarantella
Questions about mortadella
- What does mortadella mean?
- Mortadella means a smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.
- What part of speech is mortadella?
- Mortadella is a noun.
- What is the plural of mortadella?
- The plural of mortadella is mortadellas.
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