pitsa

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsɑ/

pitsa (genitive pitsa, partitive pitsat)

1. pizza

From Italian pizza, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Ancient Greek πίττα (pítta, “cake, pie”), from Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”), Attic πίττα (pítta), from πεπτός (peptós, “cooked”) or from Lombardic pizza ("bit, bite"), or from Latin pinso (“I beat, pound”).

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, plural pitsur)

1. pizza

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitsɑ/, [ˈpits̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pit‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): pit‧sa

pitsa

1. alternative spelling of pizza

This is the standard spelling preferred by the Kotus (both forms are accepted), but pizza is more common.

• “pitsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• aspit, tapsi

• pítsa, pizza (proscribed)

Borrowed from Italian pizza.

pitsa f (genitive singular pitsu, nominative plural pitsur)

1. pizza

   Synonym: (rare) flatbaka

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “pitsa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Borrowed either directly from Spanish fecha or through Ilocano petsa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃʌ]
• Rhymes: -it͡ʃa
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

pítsa

1. date
   • 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos‎^[2], Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Nehemiah 6:15:

     Limapolo ya dowa ay agew din naamagan di alad, et nakdeng sin pitsa 25 di bowan ay Elul.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

pitsa

1. date

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”).

pitsa

1. date

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

pitsa class 9/10 (plural dipitsa)

1. cooking pot

Borrowed from Spanish ficha, from French fiche.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ], /piˈt͡ʃa/ [pɪtˈt͡ʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (no palatal assimilation) /pitˈsa/ [pɪt̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes: -it͡ʃa, (no palatal assimilation) -itsa, -a
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

pitsa or pitsá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ)

1. (games, gambling) chip (token used in gambling)
2. (mahjong) mahjong tile

Borrowed from English pizza, from Neapolitan pizza (1590), the Neapolitan dialectal form of Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “cake, pie”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpitsa/ [ˈpit̪.sɐ], (slightly dated) /ˈpit͡ʃa/ [ˈpiː.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -itsa, (slightly dated) -it͡ʃa
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

pitsa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ) (colloquial)

1. pizza

• pizza — unadapted spelling
• picha — colloquial
• pisa — colloquial, dated

• patis, pista, sipat, pitas, tapis, sapit

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pit͡ʃa/ [pɪˈt͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pit‧sa

Borrowed from Spanish fecha (“date”). Compare Cebuano petsa and Tagalog petsa.

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)

1. (Philippines, time) date

   Synonyms: tarik (Malaysia), tanggal (Indonesia)

   Pitsa pila adlaw ini?

   What is the date today?

Borrowed from English pizza.

pitsa (Sulat Sūg spelling فِچَ)

1. pizza

   Kimaun hi Jaafar sin pitsa ha Shakey's.

   Jaafar eats pizza at Shakey's.

• picha

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀dìá, which is an agent nominalization of the causative of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ̀da, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da (“to boil”).

1=9
2=10

pitsa (plural dipitsa)

1. cooking pot

Borrowed from Russian пи́цца (pícca), from Italian pizza.

pitsa (plural pitsalar)

1. pizza