focaccia

noun

fo·​cac·​cia fō-ˈkä-ch(ē-)ə How to pronounce focaccia (audio)
: a flat Italian bread typically seasoned with herbs and olive oil

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The focaccia here is front and center, with good reason. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025 There are Detroit-style pizzas, more like focaccias topped with dollops of ricotta the way a baker would pipe icing onto a decorative cake. Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025 His focaccia beat out 24 other entries in his category, decided by a panel of 13 judges. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 18 July 2025 Lunch was a Cornish beer and a superb mortadella sandwich at the Roundhouse, a tiny café housed in a Victorian-era toll booth whose owner bakes his own focaccia. Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for focaccia

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Late Latin focacia (neuter plural), from Latin focus hearth

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of focaccia was in 1881

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“Focaccia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focaccia. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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