"mozzarella" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ [UK], /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ [US], /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ [US], /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mozzarella.wav Forms: mozzarellas [plural], mozzarelle [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|mozzarella}} Italian mozzarella, {{der|en|la|mutilare}} Latin mutilare Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|mozzarelle}} mozzarella (countable and uncountable, plural mozzarellas or mozzarelle)
  1. Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (soft Italian cheese): مُوزَارِيلَا (mūzārīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), موتزاريلا (motzarélla) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), мацарэ́ла (macaréla) [feminine] (Belarusian), မိုးဇက် (mui:jak) (Burmese), 水牛芝士 (Chinese Cantonese), 馬蘇里拉 /马苏里拉 (mǎsūlǐlā) (Chinese Mandarin), mozzarella [feminine] (Czech), mozzarella [masculine] (Dutch), mocarelo (Esperanto), mozzarella (Finnish), mozzarelle [feminine] (French), mozzarella [feminine] (French), Mozzarella [masculine] (German), μοτσαρέλα (motsaréla) [feminine] (Greek), mozzarella [feminine] (Italian), モッツァレラ (mottsarera) (Japanese), モツァレラ (motsarera) (Japanese), モザレラ (mozarera) (Japanese), モッツァレッラ (mottsarerra) (Japanese), 모차렐라 (mocharella) (Korean), 모짜렐라 (mojjarella) (Korean), моцаре́ла f du (mocaréla) (Macedonian), mozzarella [feminine] (Maltese), मोजारेला (mojārelā) (Marathi), mozzarella [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mozzarella [feminine] (Polish), muçarela [feminine] (Portuguese), mozarela [feminine] (Portuguese), mussarela [feminine] (Portuguese), моцаре́лла (mocarɛ́lla) [feminine] (Russian), mozzarella [feminine] (Spanish), mozzarella [common-gender] (Swedish), моззарелла (mozzarella) (Tajik)
    Sense id: en-mozzarella-en-noun-eyvExF4C Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'soft Italian cheese': 100 0
  2. (uncountable, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Money, Cheeses Synonyms: money Translations (food-related slang term for money): hillo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mozzarella-en-noun-J8QT-YIn Disambiguation of Cheeses: 21 79 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'food-related slang term for money': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mozzarella stick

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2017 November 16, KirbLaGoop (lyrics and music), “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Trapped in Da 100:",
          "text": "Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Lil Uzi Vert (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):",
          "text": "Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller",
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          "ref": "2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Smokepurpp (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):",
          "text": "Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella",
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          "ref": "2019 September 13, “Diamond Tester”, in ChaseTheMoney (lyrics), K$upreme & ChaseTheMoney (music), Caught Fire:",
          "text": "I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank",
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        "Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc."
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          "topping"
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          "ref": "2017 November 16, KirbLaGoop (lyrics and music), “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Trapped in Da 100:",
          "text": "Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Lil Uzi Vert (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):",
          "text": "Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Smokepurpp (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):",
          "text": "Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 13, “Diamond Tester”, in ChaseTheMoney (lyrics), K$upreme & ChaseTheMoney (music), Caught Fire:",
          "text": "I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/",
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        "US"
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      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "مُوزَارِيلَا"
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      "roman": "motzarélla",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "macaréla",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "my",
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      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "မိုးဇက်"
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      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "水牛芝士"
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      "roman": "mǎsūlǐlā",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "馬蘇里拉 /马苏里拉"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "mocarelo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mozzarelle"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "motsaréla",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μοτσαρέλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mottsarera",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "モッツァレラ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "motsarera",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "モツァレラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mozarera",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "モザレラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mottsarerra",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "モッツァレッラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mocharella",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "모차렐라"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mojjarella",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "모짜렐라"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mocaréla",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "моцаре́ла f du"
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "mojārelā",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "मोजारेला"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muçarela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozarela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mussarela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mocarɛ́lla",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "моцаре́лла"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mozzarella"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "mozzarella"
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    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mozzarella",
      "sense": "soft Italian cheese",
      "word": "моззарелла"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "food-related slang term for money",
      "word": "hillo"
    }
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    "Bay Area",
    "hip-hop",
    "mozzarella"
  ],
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}

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