# mozzarella
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
* (US) IPA: /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/, less commonly IPA: /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/, /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlə

#### Usage notes

The /mu/-initial pronunciation is borrowed from Neapolitan muzzarella.

### Noun

mozzarella (countable and uncountable, plural mozzarellas or mozzarelle)
* Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
* (uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
** 2017 November 16, KirbLaGoop (lyrics and music), “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Trapped in Da 100:Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad
** 2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Lil Uzi Vert (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music)‎:Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller
** 2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Smokepurpp (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music)‎:Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella
** 2019 September 13, “Diamond Tester”, in ChaseTheMoney (lyrics), K$upreme & ChaseTheMoney (music), Caught Fire‎:I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank

#### Derived terms

* mozzarella stick

#### Translations
## Czech
### Noun

mozzarella f
* mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Italian mozzarella

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmotsɑrelːɑ/, [ˈmo̞ts̠ɑ̝ˌre̞lːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -elːɑ
* Hyphenation: moz‧za‧rel‧la

### Noun

mozzarella
* mozzarella (type of cheese)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mozzarella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mozzarellani
mozzarellani
accusative
nom.
mozzarellani
mozzarellani
gen.
mozzarellani
genitive
mozzarellani
mozzarellojeni mozzarellaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mozzarellaani
mozzarellojani
inessive
mozzarellassani
mozzarelloissani
elative
mozzarellastani
mozzarelloistani
illative
mozzarellaani
mozzarelloihini
adessive
mozzarellallani
mozzarelloillani
ablative
mozzarellaltani
mozzarelloiltani
allative
mozzarellalleni
mozzarelloilleni
essive
mozzarellanani
mozzarelloinani
translative
mozzarellakseni
mozzarelloikseni
abessive
mozzarellattani
mozzarelloittani
instructive
comitative
—mozzarelloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mozzarellasi
mozzarellasi
accusative
nom.
mozzarellasi
mozzarellasi
gen.
mozzarellasi
genitive
mozzarellasi
mozzarellojesi mozzarellaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mozzarellaasi
mozzarellojasi
inessive
mozzarellassasi
mozzarelloissasi
elative
mozzarellastasi
mozzarelloistasi
illative
mozzarellaasi
mozzarelloihisi
adessive
mozzarellallasi
mozzarelloillasi
ablative
mozzarellaltasi
mozzarelloiltasi
allative
mozzarellallesi
mozzarelloillesi
essive
mozzarellanasi
mozzarelloinasi
translative
mozzarellaksesi
mozzarelloiksesi
abessive
mozzarellattasi
mozzarelloittasi
instructive
comitative
—mozzarelloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mozzarellamme
mozzarellamme
accusative
nom.
mozzarellamme
mozzarellamme
gen.
mozzarellamme
genitive
mozzarellamme
mozzarellojemme mozzarellaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mozzarellaamme
mozzarellojamme
inessive
mozzarellassamme
mozzarelloissamme
elative
mozzarellastamme
mozzarelloistamme
illative
mozzarellaamme
mozzarelloihimme
adessive
mozzarellallamme
mozzarelloillamme
ablative
mozzarellaltamme
mozzarelloiltamme
allative
mozzarellallemme
mozzarelloillemme
essive
mozzarellanamme
mozzarelloinamme
translative
mozzarellaksemme
mozzarelloiksemme
abessive
mozzarellattamme
mozzarelloittamme
instructive
comitative
—mozzarelloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mozzarellanne
mozzarellanne
accusative
nom.
mozzarellanne
mozzarellanne
gen.
mozzarellanne
genitive
mozzarellanne
mozzarellojenne mozzarellainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mozzarellaanne
mozzarellojanne
inessive
mozzarellassanne
mozzarelloissanne
elative
mozzarellastanne
mozzarelloistanne
illative
mozzarellaanne
mozzarelloihinne
adessive
mozzarellallanne
mozzarelloillanne
ablative
mozzarellaltanne
mozzarelloiltanne
allative
mozzarellallenne
mozzarelloillenne
essive
mozzarellananne
mozzarelloinanne
translative
mozzarellaksenne
mozzarelloiksenne
abessive
mozzarellattanne
mozzarelloittanne
instructive
comitative
—mozzarelloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mozzarellansa
mozzarellansa
accusative
nom.
mozzarellansa
mozzarellansa
gen.
mozzarellansa
genitive
mozzarellansa
mozzarellojensa mozzarellainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mozzarellaansa
mozzarellojaan mozzarellojansa
inessive
mozzarellassaan mozzarellassansa
mozzarelloissaan mozzarelloissansa
elative
mozzarellastaan mozzarellastansa
mozzarelloistaan mozzarelloistansa
illative
mozzarellaansa
mozzarelloihinsa
adessive
mozzarellallaan mozzarellallansa
mozzarelloillaan mozzarelloillansa
ablative
mozzarellaltaan mozzarellaltansa
mozzarelloiltaan mozzarelloiltansa
allative
mozzarellalleen mozzarellallensa
mozzarelloilleen mozzarelloillensa
essive
mozzarellanaan mozzarellanansa
mozzarelloinaan mozzarelloinansa
translative
mozzarellakseen mozzarellaksensa
mozzarelloikseen mozzarelloiksensa
abessive
mozzarellattaan mozzarellattansa
mozzarelloittaan mozzarelloittansa
instructive
comitative
—mozzarelloineen mozzarelloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mozzarellatikku

## Italian
### Etymology

Diminutive of mozza (“a type of cheese”), related to the verb mozzare. Originally of southern Italian origin; cf. Neapolitan muzzarella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mot.t͡saˈrɛl.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛlla
* Hyphenation: moz‧za‧rèl‧la

### Noun

mozzarella f (plural mozzarelle)
* mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)

#### Related terms

* mozzarella di bufala
* mozzarella in carrozza

### See also

* burrata

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ.t͡saˈrɛl.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlla
* Syllabification: mo‧zza‧rel‧la

### Noun

mozzarella f
* mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mozzarella in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mozzarella in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

mozzarella f (plural mozzarellas)
* Alternative form of mussarela

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella.

### Noun

mozzarella f (uncountable)
* mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)

#### Declension

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## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella.

### Noun

mozzarella f (plural mozzarellas)
* mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)
    Synonym: (Argentina) muzzarela

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “mozzarella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mozzarella c
* mozzarella
    Synonym: mozzarellaost

#### Declension
### References

* mozzarella in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mozzarella in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)