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confetto

confetto noun: a single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.

Noun

confetto (plural confetti)

  1. (rare) A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
    • I cast a confetto or two at the happy pair.1931, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch, volume 181, page 260
    • She fluttered her hand at a confetto of cigarette ash, knocking it from her black soft sweater to the thigh of her black jeans where it lay unmolested.1993, Outerbridge, page 49

Forms of confetto

pluralconfetti

Origin of confetto

From Italian confetto. Doublet of comfit, confect, confit, and konfyt.

Questions about confetto

What does confetto mean?
Confetto means a single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
What part of speech is confetto?
Confetto is a noun.
What is the plural of confetto?
The plural of confetto is confetti.

Words near confetto in the dictionary

  1. confetti cakes
  2. confettied
  3. confettiing
  4. confettilike
  5. confettis
  6. confetto
  7. confidable
  8. confidant
  9. confidante
  10. confidantes
  11. confidantly

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