lasagna

CEFRA2

/ləˈzɑː.njə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An Italian dish made with pasta, sauce, cheese, and meat or vegetables.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A combination or layering of things.

Examples

  • It was the best lasagna I had ever tasted.

  • Lasagna is one of my favorite foods.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ləˈsɑː.njə/
  • /ləˈzæn.jə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).

  2. A flat sheet of pasta.

More examples

In context

  • This lasagna is quite hot!

  • I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.

  • Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their arrival to swim naked in the lake, such as it was, and his skin blemished into a lasagna of red hives, white welts, and disarming yellowish spots.

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Origin

noun

From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).