spaghetti

CEFRA1

/spəˈɡɛti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Long, thin pieces of pasta.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Denoting Italianness., An Italian person.

Examples

  • I like to add basil to season my spaghetti sauce.

  • You mustn't eat too much ice cream and spaghetti.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [-ɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

  2. A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.

  3. Denoting Italianness.

More examples

In context

  • Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.

  • spaghetti grid spaghetti junction spaghetti limbs spaghetti strap spaghetti stripes

  • He spaghettied the referee when he landed on him.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“dish of spaghetti; (rare) strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.