pizzaiolo

Borrowed from Italian pizzaiolo.

pizzaiolo (plural pizzaiolos or pizzaioli)

1. A person who makes pizzas in a pizzeria; a pizzamaker.
   • 2010 August 24, Oliver Strand, “New York Pizza Enters a Golden Age”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The wood-burning ovens and rock-star pizzaioli that seemed exotic not long ago are becoming familiar.

   • 2020 March 6, Robert Spuhler, “In Las Vegas, the Home-Style Pizza Is an Everything Pie”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Mr. Arena routinely travels to pizzerias, and also responds to questions from pizzaiolos from around the world, including Brazil and China. […] Evel Pie, where Mr. Rotolo was once the head pizzaiolo, has a punk-rock-meets-Evel-Knievel aesthetic, replete with a Knievel-themed pinball machine, ’70s-era bunting and music, and the words “Live Hard, Ride Fast, Eat Pizza” in lights above the bar.

From pizza +‎ -aiolo.

• IPA^(key): /pit.t͡saˈjɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: piz‧za‧iò‧lo

pizzaiolo m (plural pizzaioli, feminine pizzaiola)

1. pizzamaker

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizzaiolo.

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: piz‧za‧i‧o‧lo

pizzaiolo m (plural pizzaiolos, feminine pizzaiola, feminine plural pizzaiolas)

1. synonym of pizaiolo: pizzamaker (man who makes pizzas)

• “pizzaiolo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pizzaiolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025