muffulettaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Sicilian, diminutive of muffe (“mold, mushroom”), perhaps due to the appearance of the round sandwich bread being reminiscent of a mushroom cap.

名詞

muffuletta (countable and uncountable, plural muffulettas)

1. A type of Sicilian sesame bread.
2. A type of sandwich, typically made in New Orleans and containing layers of olive salad, mozzarella and meats, made using that bread.

   Hypernyms: po' boy, poor boy, more at submarine sandwich < sandwich < food

   • 2012 November 7, Florida Times-Union, “Slideshow: Which Wich menu preview”, in The Florida Times-Union‎, archived from the original on 3 May 2026:

     The Grinder: Salami, pepperoni and capicola. Other Italian options include Muffuletta (salami, ham and olive salad), Meatball (marinara and Parmesan), Pepperoni Pizzawich (marinara, mozzarella and Parmesan) and Chicken Italiano (marinara and Parmesan).

   • 2015, James Grissom, Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog, →ISBN:

     ... a stop in the Central Grocery, where Tenn had a beer and one of the city's cherished muffuletta sandwiches, which he cut into four wedges and ate as carefully as he chose his words, which came forth at a slow, painful pace.

3. A kind of olive salad made with giardiniera.

Further reading

• muffuletta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:muffuletta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons