Meanings
plural calzones · plural calzoni · alternative calzony · alternative calzoney · alternative calzoni · alternative calzonie
- A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
It was a much classier presentation than the oil-stained paper plate I would use to transport my calzones of yore, and it tasted better, too. […] That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind.
2012 April 13, Melissa Clark, “See You Later, Pizza, This Dough Is for Calzones”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Italiancalzone
- Englishcalzone
Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.
More words from Italian
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Bulgarian калцо́не
- калцо́не (kalcóne)baked Italian turnover
Danish calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
Esperanto kalzoneo
- kalzoneobaked Italian turnover
French calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
German Calzone
- Calzonebaked Italian turnover
Greek καλτσόνε
- καλτσόνε (kaltsóne)baked Italian turnover
Italian calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
Japanese カルツォーネ
- カルツォーネ (karutsōne)baked Italian turnover
Polish calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
Portuguese calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
Russian кальцо́не
- кальцо́не (kalʹcóne)baked Italian turnover
Spanish calzone
- calzonebaked Italian turnover
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with calzone
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Cite this entry
calzone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calzone
“calzone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calzone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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