focaccia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
  2. A sandwich made with this type of bread.

Pronunciation

/fəˈkætʃə/ /foʊˈkɑtʃə/ /fəˈkɑtʃə/ /fəˈkɑtʃi.ə/ En-us-focaccia.oga

Word forms

focaccia focaccias

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).

Synonyms

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