English Explanatory Dictionary

pasta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
  2. Any type of noodle.
  3. A dish or serving of pasta.
  4. A type of pasta.
noun
  1. A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
noun
  1. Dental filling.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæs.tə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pasta.wav [ˈpʰæstə] [ˈpʰastə] [ˈp(ʰ)astə] /ˈpɑ.stə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-pasta.wav /ˈpɑs.t̪ɑ/ [päːst̪äˑ] [pɐːst̪ɐː] /ˈpɑː.stə/ [ˈpʰɐːstə] [ˈpʰɐːstɘ] [ˈpʰɛstɘ]

Word forms

pasta pastas paste

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”). Doublet of paste.

Synonyms

macaroni noodle pasta paste

Related words

pasta filata paste pate pâté patty List of pasta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived words

copypasta egg pasta hasta la pasta hasta pasta impasta nanopasta nonpasta nuclear pasta pasta bake pasta basica pasta e fagioli Pastafarian Pastafarianism pasta fazool Pastagate pastaholic pastalaya pastaless pastalike pasta salad pasta sauce pasta wheat

Translations

Albanian: makaronat Albanian: pasta Arabic: مَكَرُونَة Arabic: مَعْكَرُونَة Arabic: بَاسْتَا Arabic: معكرونية Arabic: مقرونية Algerian Arabic: ماقرونة Armenian: մակարոնեղեն Armenian: մակարոն Azerbaijani: makaron Basque: pasta Belarusian: макаро́нныя вы́рабы Belarusian: макаро́ны Bengali: পাস্তা Bulgarian: па́ста Burmese: ပါစတာ Catalan: pasta Cebuano: pasta Chechen: гарзнаш Chechen: гарз Chinese Cantonese: 意大利粉 Chinese Cantonese: 意粉 Chinese: мянфан Chinese Mandarin: 意大利麵 /意大利面 Czech: těstoviny Danish: pasta Dutch: deegwaren Dutch: pasta Esperanto: pasto Estonian: pasta Faroese: pasta Finnish: pasta French: pâtes French: pâtes alimentaires Georgian: მაკარონის ნაწარმი Georgian: მაკარონი German: Nudeln German: Teigwaren German: Pasta Greek: ζυμαρικά Ancient Greek: κολλύρα Hebrew: פַּסְטָה Hindi: पास्ता Hungarian: tészta Hunsrik: Nutle Icelandic: pasta Indonesian: pasta Irish: pasta Italian: pasta Italian: impasto Japanese: パスタ Kazakh: макарон Khmer: ប៉ាស្តា Korean: 파스타
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