spaghetti

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable, usually) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
3. (broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually) Denoting Italianness.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis, uncountable, usually) Denoting Italianness.
5. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually) Something physically resembling spaghetti (sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
6. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually) Something physically resembling spaghetti (sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
7. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually) Something physically resembling spaghetti (sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
8. (figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually) Something confusing or intricate.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis, figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually) Something confusing or intricate.

Verb

1. (humorous, informal, transitive) To serve (someone) spaghetti (noun sense 1).
2. (informal, transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.
3. (informal, transitive) To cause (something) to become tangled.
4. (humorous, informal, intransitive) To eat spaghetti (noun sense 1).
5. (informal, intransitive) To become, or appear to become, longer and thinner.
6. (informal, intransitive) To become tangled.

spaghetto

A single strand of spaghetti.

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Synonyms

macaroni

pasta

vermicelli

insulating sleeve

insulating bushing

Italian

🇮🇹/🇻🇦

rich makaroni

noodles

Translations

spaghetti

Spaghetti

🍝

spaghetti

🍝

spaghettis

🍝

espaguete

🍝

spaghetti

🍝

espagueti

🍝

Spagetti

μακαρόνια

espagueti

🍝

espaguetis

macaroni

σπαγγέτι

μακαρονάδα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spəˈɡɛti/

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“dish of spaghetti; (rare) strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek.
The verb is derived from the noun.