pizzeria

P3I1Z10Z10E1R1I1A1
/ˌpiːt.səˈɹiː.ə/

noun

A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

Less commonScrabble 28

Meanings

nounpizzeria (plural pizzerias or pizzerie)

plural pizzerias · plural pizzerie

  1. A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

    The talented artist quickly became fluent in English, found work at a pizzeria and dreamed of becoming a veterinary assistant.

    2025 September 10, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, “Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know”, in CNN

    Synonyms: pizza parlor, pizza parlour, pizza joint, pizza place

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna shop where pizzas are made and sold

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianpizzeria
  2. Englishpizzeria

Borrowed from Italian pizzeria, from pizza + -eria (“-ery”).

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Translations

Bulgarian пицари́я
  • пицари́я (picaríja)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Catalan pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Chinese Mandarin 比薩店 /比萨店
  • 比薩店 /比萨店 (bǐsàdiàn)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Czech pizzerie
  • pizzerieoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Danish pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Dutch pizzeria, pizzatent
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
  • pizzatentoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Esperanto picejo
  • picejooutlet that primarily sells pizza
Estonian pitsabaar
  • pitsabaaroutlet that primarily sells pizza
Finnish pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
French pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
German Pizzeria
  • Pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Greek πιτσαρία
  • πιτσαρία (pitsaría)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Hebrew פיצריה
  • פיצריה (pitseríya)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Hungarian pizzéria
  • pizzériaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Italian pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Japanese ピッツェリア, ピザ屋
  • ピッツェリア (pittseria)outlet that primarily sells pizza
  • ピザ屋 (pizaya)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Korean 피체리아, 피자집
  • 피체리아 (picheria)outlet that primarily sells pizza
  • 피자집 (pijajip)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Latvian picērija
  • picērijaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Lithuanian picèrija
  • picèrijaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Māori toa parehe
  • toa pareheoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Norwegian Bokmål pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Polish pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Portuguese pizaria, pizzaria
  • pizariaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
  • pizzariaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Russian пиццери́я, пицце́рия
  • пиццери́я (picceríja)outlet that primarily sells pizza
  • пицце́рия (piccérija)outlet that primarily sells pizza
Slovak pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Spanish pizzería
  • pizzeríaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Swedish pizzeria
  • pizzeriaoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Turkish pizzacı
  • pizzacıoutlet that primarily sells pizza
Ukrainian піцерія
  • піцерія (picerija)outlet that primarily sells pizza

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pizzeria

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Cite this entry
APA

pizzeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pizzeria

MLA

“pizzeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pizzeria. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pizzeria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pizzeria.

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