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pepperoni

noun · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɛpəˈɹəʊni/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH2 P ER0 OW1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salami, sausage

2

noun

Meaning 2

Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pizza

3

noun

Meaning 3

a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sausage

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِبَرُونِي (bibarūnī) — sausage
  • Arabic: ببروني (bibarōni, piparōni) — sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辣肉腸 /辣肉肠 (làròucháng) — sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝貝羅尼 /贝贝罗尼 (bèibèiluóní) — sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烤胡椒香腸 /烤胡椒香肠 — sausage
  • Finnish: pepperoni — sausage
  • French: pepperoni — sausage
  • German: Salami — sausage
  • German: Pfeffersalami — sausage
  • German: scharfe Salami — sausage
  • Greek: πεπερόνι (peperóni) — sausage
  • Greek: σαλαμάκι (salamáki) — sausage
  • Greek: πικάντικο σαλάμι (pikántiko salámi) — sausage
  • Icelandic: pepperóní — sausage
  • Italian: salame piccante — sausage
  • Japanese: ペパロニ (peparoni) — sausage
  • Korean: 페퍼로니 (pepeoroni) — sausage
  • Norwegian: pepperoni — sausage
  • Polish: pepperoni — sausage
  • Turkish: pepperoni — sausage
  • Finnish: pepperoni — pizza
  • French: pepperoni — pizza
  • Polish: pepperoni — pizza
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