English Explanatory Dictionary

mortadella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mortadella mortadellas mortadelle

Etymology

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

Synonyms

baloney boloney Bologna sausage bologna
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