pi・taの英語

語源 1

From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.

別の表記

• pitta
• pita bread, pitta bread

名詞

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas or pites)

1. A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
   • 1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers, →ISBN, page vi:

     There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.

   • 1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4:

     A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.

   • 2002 February, Richard Sterling, Georgia Dacakis, Kate Reeves, “Psomi (Bread)”, in Greece (World Food), Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “Staples & Specialities” section, page 30:

     Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always. They can be filled with anything and everything, and they are.

   • 2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, “Medusa” section, page 278:

     They served pita, my old nemesis. I ordered one, and it arrived oozing with hummus and studded with bright green falafel. It was horribly delicious.

派生語

• pita peach

関連する語

語源 2

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

名詞

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)

1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
2. The plant which yields the fiber.

   Synonyms: century plant, maguey, American aloe

アナグラム

• Pait, TAPI