lasagna

English

A serving of lasagna

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian lasagna, lasagne, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”), pl. λάσανα (lásana). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic (Semitic) lawzinaj ("almond cake").

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləˈzæn.jə/, /ləˈzɑː.njə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/, /ləˈsɑ.njə/

Noun

lasagna (plural lasagnas or lasagne)

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.
  2. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with (usually) bolognese and bechamel sauce.

Usage notes

  • In Italian, lasagna refers to one sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish with several layers. This distinction is rarely observed in 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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”), pl. λάσανα (lásana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈzaɲːa/, /laˈsaɲːa/
  • Hyphenation: la‧sà‧gna
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa

Noun

lasagna f (plural lasagne)

  1. a flat sheet of pasta
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