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/
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General-American:/pɛpəˈɹoʊni/
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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