mortadella

English

A big mortadella

Etymology

From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτον (múrton).

Noun

mortadella (plural mortadellas)

  1. A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.

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Translations

Finnish

Noun

mortadella

  1. mortadella

Declension

Inflection of mortadella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mortadella mortadellat
genitive mortadellan mortadellojen
partitive mortadellaa mortadelloja
illative mortadellaan mortadelloihin
singular plural
nominative mortadella mortadellat
accusative nom. mortadella mortadellat
gen. mortadellan
genitive mortadellan mortadellojen
mortadellainrare
partitive mortadellaa mortadelloja
inessive mortadellassa mortadelloissa
elative mortadellasta mortadelloista
illative mortadellaan mortadelloihin
adessive mortadellalla mortadelloilla
ablative mortadellalta mortadelloilta
allative mortadellalle mortadelloille
essive mortadellana mortadelloina
translative mortadellaksi mortadelloiksi
instructive — mortadelloin
abessive mortadellatta mortadelloitta
comitative — mortadelloineen

Italian

Etymology

From a diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτον (múrton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mor.taˈdel.la/, [mor̺t̪äˈd̪ɛl̺ːä]
  • Hyphenation: mor‧ta‧dèl‧la

Noun

mortadella f (plural mortadelle)

  1. mortadella
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