spaghetti
English
/spəˈɡɛti/, [spəˈɡɛɾi]
noun
Definitions
- A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
- A dish that has spaghetti as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
- (informal) Any type of pasta.
- (informal) Electrical insulating tubing.
- (informal) Anything tangled or confusing.
- (countable) A spaghetti western.
- (informal) spaghetti Spaghetti code.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti.
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
spaghetti
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spaghetti western English
- spaghettification English
- spaghettify English
- spaghettilike English
- western English
- Spaghetti German
- spaghetteria Italian
- spaghetti Italian
- spaghettiera Italian
- spaghetti French
- spaghettifier French
- спагетти Russian
- espagueti Spanish, Castilian
- spagetti Norwegian Bokmål
- スパゲッティ Japanese
- スパゲティ Japanese
- スパゲティー Japanese
- spaghetti Polish
- spagetti Norwegian Nynorsk
- špagety Czech
- स्पघेटी Hindi
- spaghete Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- สปาเกตตี Thai
- sbageti Welsh
- шпагета Macedonian
- шпагети Macedonian
- špagety Slovak
- spageti Swahili
- 스파게티 Korean