Definition of MORTADELLA

mortadella

Plural: mortadellas, mortadelle

Noun

  • A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.

Origin / Etymology

From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Synonyms

Bologna sausage, baloney, bologna, boloney

Scrabble Score: 13

mortadella: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mortadella: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mortadella: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

mortadella: valid Words With Friends Word