Meanings
nounmortadella (countable and uncountable, plural mortadellas or mortadelle)
plural mortadellas · plural mortadelle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμύρτος
- Latinmurtatum“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”
- Italianmortadella
- Englishmortadella
From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
More words from Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мортаде́ла
- мортаде́ла (mortadéla)sausage
Catalan mortadel·la
- mortadel·lasausage
Finnish mortadella
- mortadellasausage
French mortadelle
- mortadellesausage
German Mortadella
- Mortadellasausage
Greek μορταδέλα
- μορταδέλα (mortadéla)sausage
Japanese モルタデッラ
- モルタデッラ (morutadera)sausage
Korean 모르타델라
- 모르타델라 (moreutadella)sausage
Polish mortadela
- mortadelasausage
Portuguese mortadela
- mortadelasausage
Romanian mortadelă, mortadella
- mortadelăsausage
- mortadellasausage
Russian мортаде́лла
- мортаде́лла (mortadɛ́lla)sausage
Spanish mortadela
- mortadelasausage
Swedish mortadella
- mortadellasausage
Ukrainian мортаде́ла
- мортаде́ла (mortadéla)sausage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mortadella
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mortadella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortadella
MLA
“mortadella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortadella. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mortadella,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mortadella.
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