calzone

English

Alternative forms

  • calzony, calzoney, calzoni, calzonie

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally stocking, trouser). Doublet of chausson.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kæltˈsəʊni/, /kælˈzəʊni/, enPR: kălt-sōʹnē, kăl-zōʹnē
  • (US) IPA(key): /kælˈzoʊn/, /kælˈzoʊneɪ/, enPR: kăl-zōnʹ(ā)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊni, -əʊn
  • (/kælˈzoʊn/) Hyphenation: cal‧zone
  • (-əʊni) Hyphenation: cal‧zone‧E

Noun

calzone (plural calzones or calzoni)

  1. A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
    • 2012 April 13, Melissa Clark, “See You Later, Pizza, This Dough Is for Calzones”, in The New York Times[1]:
      It was a much classier presentation than the oil-stained paper plate I would use to transport my calzones of yore, and it tasted better, too. [] That was the first calzone I made after my Lucali meal, and the recipe is a good template for a calzone of the cheesiest kind.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calzone (literally stocking, trouser), Derived from Italian calza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kalˈsoːnə]

Noun

calzone c (singular definite calzonen, plural indefinite calzoner)

  1. calzone
    Synonym: indbagt pizza

Inflection

Declension of calzone
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative calzone calzonen calzoner calzonerne
genitive calzones calzonens calzoners calzonernes

Italian

Etymology

    From calza (stocking, sock) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix). Cognate with Spanish calzón.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kalˈt͡so.ne/
    • Rhymes: -one
    • Hyphenation: cal‧zó‧ne

    Noun

    calzone m (plural calzoni)

    1. (usually in the plural) trousers, pants
      Synonyms: pantalone m, braga f
    2. calzone (baked Italian turnover)

    Usage notes

    • In the singular, calzone is mostly used to refer to a specific pair or type of trousers, while the plural is used for a pair thereof or as a general term for the clothing item.

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    Descendants

    • English: calzone
    • French: calzone; caleçon
    • German: Calzone
    • Greek: καλτσόνε (kaltsóne); καλτσούνι (kaltsoúni)
    • Japanese: カルツォーネ (karutsōne)
    • Russian: кальцо́не (kalʹcóne)
    • Spanish: calzone
    • Swedish: calzone c
    • Danish: calzone c

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From Italian calzone (literally stocking, trouser). Doublet of calção.

    Noun

    calzone m (plural calzones)

    1. calzone (baked Italian turnover)

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone. Doublet of calzón.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kalˈθone/ [kal̟ˈθo.ne] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
    • IPA(key): /kalˈsone/ [kalˈso.ne] (Latin America, Philippines)
    • IPA(key): (imitating Italian) /kalˈtsone/ [kal̪ˈt̪so.ne]
    • Rhymes: -one
    • Syllabification: cal‧zo‧ne

    Noun

    calzone m (plural calzones)

    1. calzone

    Usage notes

    According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

    Swedish

    Noun

    calzone c

    1. calzone

    See also

    • halvinbakad (turnover)