pissaladière

UK/ˌpɪsaladˈjɛː/US/ˌpisɑlɑdˈjɛɹ/

pissaladière noun: a pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives.

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Noun

pissaladière (countable and uncountable, plural pissaladières)

A pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives.
- “You never ate pissaladière, did you? It’s just as good as pizza, you’ll see. Some people like it even better.”1980, Robert Beauvais, translated by Harold J. Salemson, The Half Jew, New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 23

Forms of pissaladière

plural	pissaladières
alternative form	pissaladiere

Origin of pissaladière

Borrowed from French pissaladière, in turn borrowed from Niçard Provençal pissaladiera, from pissalat (an anchovy-based condiment), from peis salat (“salted fish”), suffixed with -iera.

Words that rhyme with pissaladière

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Questions about pissaladière

What does pissaladière mean?: Pissaladière means a pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives.
What part of speech is pissaladière?: Pissaladière is a noun.
How do you pronounce pissaladière?: Pissaladière is pronounced /ˌpɪsaladˈjɛː/ (UK).
What is the plural of pissaladière?: The plural of pissaladière is pissaladières.

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