pasta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæstə/
• (US) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstə/
• (Canada) enPR: păsʹtə, päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɒstə/
• (General Australian) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːstə/
• (General New Zealand) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːstɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə, -æstə

Noun

pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas)

1. (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
3. (countable) A type of pasta.

Anagrams

• patas, tapas

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

Noun

pasta f (plural pastes)

1. paste, dough
2. (colloquial) money
3. pasta (dough made from wheat and water)
4. pasta (type of pasta)

Further reading

• “pasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Etymology 1

Calque of English paste, from Middle French (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pasta, borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

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Noun

pasta f

1. paste

Etymology

From Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta c (singular definite pastaen, plural indefinite pastaer)

1. pasta (food)
2. paste

References

• “pasta” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)

1. pasta

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ

Noun

pasta

1. pasta

Anagrams

• tapas

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta n (genitive singular pasta, no plural)

1. pasta

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta).

Noun

pasta f (plural paste)

1. paste
2. pasta, noodles
3. dough
4. cake, tart
5. texture

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta), from παστός (pastós), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

Noun

pasta f (genitive pastae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) paste

Participle

pasta

1. nominative feminine singular of pastus
2. nominative neuter plural of pastus
3. accusative neuter plural of pastus
4. vocative feminine singular of pastus
5. vocative neuter plural of pastus

pastā

1. ablative feminine singular of pastus

References

• pasta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pasta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pasta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

pasta m

1. genitive singular form of pasts

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

References

• “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

References

• “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

Noun

pasta f

1. A soft mixture, paste

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta).

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
2. paste

   Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.

   I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.

3. folder (organizer)
4. (computing, Brazil) folder (container of computer files)
5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
6. (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâsta/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Noun

pȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

1. pasta, polish

   pasta za zube ― toothpaste

   pasta za cipele ― shoe polish

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
• Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

Noun

pasta f

1. pasta
2. dough

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pasty, nominative plural pasty, genitive plural pást, declension pattern of žena)

1. paste

Further reading

• pasta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta).

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. pasta
2. paste, dough
3. (Spain, slang) money, dough

Verb

pasta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pastar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pastar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pastar.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta (definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)

1. (cooking) cake

Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi.

[A/The] birthday cake was very nice.

Noun

pasta m (uncountable)

1. pasta

Mutation

Noun

pasta c (plural pasta's)

1. pasta