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語源

Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/
• (General American) IPA: /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/

名詞

pepperoni (countable and uncountable, plural pepperonis or pepperoni)

1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.

   Hypernyms: salami, sausage

   • 2006, George Galjan, Cops, Donuts, and Murder, page 107:

     He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.

   • 2019 September 5, Aisha Harris, “‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story”, in The New York Times‎:

     She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)

2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.

   Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.

   Hypernym: pizza

   • 2023 September 6, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate‎, archived from the original on 6 September 2023:

     There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.

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