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lasagna

/ləˈzɑː.njə/US/ləˈzæn.jə/

lasagna noun: a flat sheet of pasta.

lasagna: a flat sheet of pasta
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Noun

lasagna (countable and uncountable, plural lasagnas or lasagne)

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.
  2. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).
    • I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.2013, James Lee Burke, Light of the World, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 299
  3. (broadly) A combination or layering of things.
    • Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their arrival to swim naked in the lake, such as it was, and his skin blemished into a lasagna of red hives, white welts, and disarming yellowish spots.1996, Lance Olsen, Time Famine: A Novel
    • Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins.2008, Body & Soul

lasagna meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

lasagna in Hindi

flat sheet of pasta
लज़ान्या lazānyā

lasagna in Arabic

baked dish
لَازَانْيَا lazanyā

lasagna in Indonesian

flat sheet of pasta
lasagna, lasanya
baked dish
lasagna, lasanya

lasagna in Persian

flat sheet of pasta
لازانیا lâzânyâ, خمیربرگ xamirbarg
baked dish
لازانیا lâzânyâ
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lasagna in Thai
ลาซัญญา laa-san-yâa

Examples of lasagna in a sentence

  • It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.2011, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die for, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 280:
  • CHOCOLATE LASAGNA / Who says lasagna is only a main dish?2020, Rebecca E. Hirsch, Garfield's Guide to Lasagna: Cooking Nature's Perfect Food, Lerner Publications, →ISBN, page 20:

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Forms of lasagna

plurallasagnas
plurallasagne
alternative formlasagne

Plural of lasagna: lasagnas or lasagne

Origin of lasagna

From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).

Words formed from lasagna

Phrases with lasagna

Questions about lasagna

What does lasagna mean?
Lasagna means a flat sheet of pasta.
What is lasagna in Hindi?
Lasagna in Hindi is लज़ान्या (lazānyā). See Lasagna meaning in Hindi.
How do you use lasagna in a sentence?
It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.
What part of speech is lasagna?
Lasagna is a noun.
How do you pronounce lasagna?
Lasagna is pronounced /ləˈzɑː.njə/ (UK).
What is the plural of lasagna?
The plural of lasagna is lasagnas.

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