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pizzeria

pizzeria

noun peed-zeh-REE-ah Rare

Origin: Italian pizzeria

Usage Note

Pizzeria is used identically to English: a restaurant specialising in pizza. It is feminine in French. In casual speech it is sometimes shortened to la pizza when referring to the place ('on va à la pizza?'). The plural follows normal French rules: pizzerias.

Examples

"Il y a une bonne pizzeria près de chez moi."

Natural Translation

There is a good pizzeria near my place.

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