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]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑː.njə/, /ləˈsɑː.njə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈzæn.jə/, /ləˈzɑ.njə/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /lɘˈsɐː.njɘ/, /lɘˈzɐː.njɘ/
Noun[edit]
lasagna (countable and uncountable, plural lasagnas or lasagne)
- A flat sheet of pasta.
- 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).
2013, James Lee Burke, Light of the World, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 299:
I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.
- (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.
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
- Catalan: lasanya(ca)f
- Chinese:
- Estonian: lasanjeplaat
- Finnish: lasagnelevy(fi)
- Galician: lasaña(gl)f
- German: Lasagneplatte(de)f
- Greek: λαζάνια(el) (lazánia)
- Hungarian: lasagna lap
- Italian: lasagna(it)f
- Japanese: ラザニア (razania), ラザニエ (razanie)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lasagneplatem or f
- Nynorsk: lasagneplatef
- Persian: لازانیا (lâzânyâ)
- Polish: lasagne(pl)npl, lazanie, lazania(pl)f (informally)
- Portuguese: lasanha(pt)f
- Russian: лаза́нья(ru)f (lazánʹja)
- Swedish: lasagneplattac
- Turkish: lazanya(tr)
baked dish
- Arabic: لَازَانْيَاf (lazanyā)
- Armenian: լազանյա (lazanya)
- Bulgarian: лазаняf (lazanja)
- Catalan: lasanya(ca)f
- Chinese:
- Czech: lasagne(cs)fpl, lazaněfpl (rare, nonstandard)
- Danish: lasagne(da)c
- Dutch: lasagne(nl)f
- Esperanto: lazanjo, lasanjojpl
- Estonian: lasanje
- Finnish: lasagne(fi)
- French: lasagne(fr)f
- Galician: lasaña(gl)f
- German: Lasagne(de)f
- Icelandic: lasanjan, lasagnan
- Interlingua: lasagna
- Italian: lasagna(it)f (chiefly in the plural)
- Japanese: ラザニア (razania), ラザーニャ (razānya)
- Korean: 라자냐 (rajanya)
- Ladino: tayarine
- Lithuanian: lazanijaf
- Norwegian:
- Persian: لازانیا (lâzânyâ)
- Polish: lasagne(pl)npl, lazanie, lazania(pl) (informally)
- Portuguese: lasanha(pt)f
- Russian: лаза́нья(ru)f (lazánʹja)
- Spanish: lasaña(es)f
- Swedish: lasagne(sv)c
- Thai: ลาซัญญา (laa-san-yâa)
- Turkish: lazanya(tr)
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]
Noun[edit]
lasagnaf (plural lasagne)
- (cooking, food) a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated with condiments
- (cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of lasagna
Derived terms[edit]
- lasagne alla bolognese (“Bolognese lasagna, Bologna-style lasagna, lasagna with Bolognese”)
- lasagne di pesce (“fish lasagna, lasagna with fish ragù”)
- lasagne di verdure (“vegetarian lasagna, lasagna with vegetable ragù”)
Descendants[edit]
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