mortadella
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mortadella
Rhymes with -ɛlə
Where it comes from
From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
noun mortadellas · mortadelle
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A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.
Similar: baloney, boloney, Bologna sausage, bologna
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noun sausage
| Español | mortadela |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모르타델라 moreutadella |
| 日本語 | モルタデッラ morutadera |
| Português | mortadela |
| Français | mortadelle |
| Deutsch | Mortadella |
| Ελληνικά | μορταδέλα mortadéla |
| Română | mortadelă, mortadella |
| Русский | мортаде́лла mortadɛ́lla |
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