# pepperoni
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/

### Noun

pepperoni (countable and uncountable, plural pepperonis or pepperoni)
* 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: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.)
* 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, 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
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpepːeroni/, [ˈpe̞pːe̞ˌro̞ni]
* Rhymes: -oni
* Hyphenation: pep‧pe‧ro‧ni

### Noun

pepperoni
* pepperoni (sausage)
* pepperoni (pizza)
* A type of longish, relatively mild, pickled, yellowish green chili, often served as condiment to doner kebab.

#### Declension

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 [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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)
* pepperoni (sausage)
* pepperoni (pizza)

#### Hypernyms

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pepperoni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛ.pɛˈrɔ.ɲi/
* Rhymes: -ɔɲi
* Syllabification: pe‧ppe‧ro‧ni

### Noun

pepperoni n (indeclinable)
* pepperoni (spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper)
    Hypernym: salami
* pepperoni (pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese, and pepperoni toppings)
* 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