ˈpētsə noun
or pizza pie
( -s )
Etymology: Italian pizza, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin picea (perhaps intended as translation of Middle Greek pitta cake, pie, from Greek, pitch), from Latin, feminine of piceus of pitch, from pic-, pix pitch + -eus -eous — more at pitch
: a usually large open pie made typically of thinly rolled bread dough spread with a spiced mixture (as of tomatoes, cheese, ground meat, garlic, oil) and baked