mortadella

noun

mor·​ta·​del·​la ˌmȯr-tə-ˈde-lə 

: a large smoked sausage made of beef, pork, and pork fat and seasoned with pepper and garlic

Examples of mortadella in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Preconfigured toppings include the Gold Standard (smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, lemon), the Summer Girl (burrata, grated tomato) and the Brusco (Calabrian cream cheese, pistachio mortadella, honey). —Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025

Chiara De Martin, originally from the Veneto region of Italy, is behind the ever-evolving menu of antipasti, including vitello tonnato and focaccia with mortadella, stracciatella, and pistachio cream. —Diana Hubbell, Saveur, 16 Oct. 2025

Bubbly, chewy and crispy at once, fresh breads are layered with mortadella and ricotta for sandwiches and topped with tomato sauce and brick cheese on those non-pizza Detroit-style pizzas. —Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025

La Paradiso, piled with mortadella, stracciatella, and pistachio cream is a favorite. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Latin murtatum sausage seasoned with myrtle berries, from murtus myrtle

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mortadella

• arabella
• bartonella
• bordetella
• cinderella
• citronella
• columella
• isabella
• klebsiella
• legionella
• mozzarella
• pasteurella
• salmonella