Mortadella Definition
môrtə-dĕlə
noun
A type of Italian bologna.
Webster's New World
A heat-cured Italian sausage usually made of ground pork and cubes of pork fat and flavored with wine and spices.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Mortadella
Noun
Singular:
mortadella
Plural:
mortadellasOrigin of Mortadella
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From Italian mortadella, from Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries"), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτον (murton).
From Wiktionary
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Italian feminine diminutive of murtato seasoned with myrtle berries from Latin myrtātus, murtātus from myrtus, myrta myrtle myrtle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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