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focaccia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /fəˈkætʃə/
  • US: /foʊˈkɑtʃə/
  • US: /fəˈkɑtʃə/
  • US: /fəˈkɑtʃi.ə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (UK) -ætʃə
  • rhymes with (US) -ɑːtʃə
  • CMU ARPABET: F OW0 K AA1 CH IY2 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: focaccia bread

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A sandwich made with this type of bread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian focaccia, from Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fougasse and pagash. Cognate with Sicilian fugazza, Serbo-Croatian pogača (“unleavened bread”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фока́ча (fokáča) — type of flatbread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福卡恰 (fúkǎqià) — type of flatbread
  • German: Focaccia — type of flatbread
  • Italian: focaccia — type of flatbread
  • Japanese: フォカッチャ (fokatcha) — type of flatbread
  • Korean: 포카차 (pokacha) — type of flatbread
  • Russian: фока́чча (fokáčča) — type of flatbread
  • Bulgarian: фока́ча (fokáča) — sandwich using this type of bread
  • Italian: focaccia — sandwich using this type of bread
  • Russian: фока́чча (fokáčča) — sandwich using this type of bread