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(key): /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US) IPA(key): /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/, less commonly IPA(key): /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/, /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛlə ==== Usage notes ==== The /mu/-initial pronunciation is borrowed from Neapolitan muzzarella. === Noun === mozzarella (countable and uncountable, plural mozzarellas or mozzarelle) Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc. Hypernyms: cheese < dairy product < food (uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money. Synonyms: cheese, cheddar; see also Thesaurus:money ==== Derived terms ==== mozzarella stick cheddarella ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmozarɛla] === Noun === mozzarella f mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Italian mozzarella === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmotsɑrelːɑ/, [ˈmo̞ts̠ɑ̝ˌre̞lːɑ̝] Rhymes: -elːɑ Syllabification(key): moz‧za‧rel‧la Hyphenation(key): moz‧za‧rel‧la === Noun === mozzarella mozzarella (type of cheese) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mozzarella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Diminutive of mozza (“a type of cheese”), related to the verb mozzare. Originally of southern Italian origin. Compare Neapolitan muzzarella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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(key): /mɔ.t͡saˈrɛl.la/ Rhymes: -ɛlla Syllabification: mo‧zza‧rel‧la === Noun === mozzarella f mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “mozzarella”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “mozzarella”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlɐ === Noun === mozzarella f (countable and uncountable, plural mozzarellas) alternative form of mozarela === Further reading === “mozzarella”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “mozzarella”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “mozzarella”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella. === Noun === mozzarella f (uncountable) mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === muzzarella, muzzarela, musarela (Argentina) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian mozzarella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /motsaˈɾela/ [mot̪.saˈɾe.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: moz‧za‧re‧lla === Noun === mozzarella f (plural mozzarellas) mozzarella (soft Italian cheese) ==== 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mʊsːarɛlːa/ === Noun === mozzarella c mozzarella Synonym: mozzarellaost ==== Declension ==== === References === “mozzarella”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “mozzarella”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)