lasagna - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Alternative forms
    • 1.2 Etymology
    • 1.3 Pronunciation
    • 1.4 Noun
      • 1.4.1 Usage notes
      • 1.4.2 Derived terms
      • 1.4.3 Translations
    • 1.5 Anagrams
  • 2 Italian
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Pronunciation
    • 2.3 Noun
      • 2.3.1 Derived terms
      • 2.3.2 Descendants

English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • lasagne (this form is the one typically used in British English)

Etymology[edit]

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).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lasagna (countable and uncountable, plural lasagnas or lasagne)

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.
  2. 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).
  3. (by extension) A combination or layering of things.
    • 1996, Lance Olsen, Time Famine: A Novel:

      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.

    • 2008, Body & Soul:

      Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins.

    • 2011, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die for, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 280:

      It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.

    • 2013, Molly Harper, How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

      “Everything about us is just one layer of lies after another. We're a lasagna of lies. This is a terrible basis for a relationship.”

    • 2020, Rebecca E. Hirsch, Garfield's Guide to Lasagna: Cooking Nature's Perfect Food, Lerner Publications, →ISBN, page 20:

      CHOCOLATE LASAGNA / Who says lasagna is only a main dish? Serve this easy, no-bake lasagna for dessert. / Ingredients / 2 3.9-ounce packages (110 g) instant chocolate pudding mix / 2 cups (473 mL) milk / 8 ounces (227g) whipped topping / 16 graham crackers, chocolate or plan / 1 1/2 cups (75g) mini marshmallows / chocolate syrup

Usage notes[edit]

  • In Italian, lasagna refers to one flat sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction is also observed in English, but only rarely in American English.
  • When the dish is referred to as lasagne (rather than lasagna), lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

flat sheet of pasta

baked dish

Anagrams[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (cooking pot), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, trivet or stand for a pot).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /laˈzaɲ.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: la‧sà‧gna

Noun[edit]

lasagnaf (plural lasagne)

  1. (cooking, food) a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated with condiments
  2. (cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of lasagna

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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