Feminine

pasta

Meaning

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

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
pà‧sta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpas.ta/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kweh₁t-der. Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Italian pasta Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

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