pasta
/ˈpæs.tə/
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British[ˈpʰastə]
pasta noun: 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.
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Noun (1)
pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas or (rare) paste)
Noun (2)
pasta (plural pastas)
Noun (3)
pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas)
pasta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pasta in Hindi
- dough
- पास्ता pāstā
pasta in Tamil
- dough
- மாச்சேவை māccēvai
pasta in Marathi
- dough
- पास्ता pāstā
- dish or serving
- पास्ता pāstā
- type of pasta
- पास्ता pāstā
pasta in Urdu
- dough
- پاسْتا pāstā
More languagesFewer languages
- pasta in Bengali
- পাস্তা pasta
- pasta in Telugu
- పాస్తా
- pasta in Malayalam
- പാസ്ത, പാസ്റ്റ, പാസ്റ്റാ
- pasta in Kannada
- ಪಾಸ್ಟಾ, ಪಾಸ್ತಾ
- pasta in Punjabi
- ਪਾਸਤਾ, ਪਾਸਟਾ
- pasta in Gujarati
- પાસ્તા, પાસ્તો
- pasta in Odia
- ପାସ୍ତା
- pasta in Nepali
- पास्ता
- pasta in Tagalog
- pasta
- pasta in Arabic
- مَكَرُونَة makarūna, مَعْكَرُونَة maʕkarūna, بَاسْتَا bāstā, معكرونية maʕkarōnya
- pasta in Malay
- pasta
- pasta in Indonesian
- pasta
- pasta in Persian
- پاسْتا pâstâ
- pasta in Thai
- พาสตา páas-dtâa
- pasta in Vietnamese
- mì ống
- pasta in Myanmar
- ပါစတာ paca.ta
Examples of pasta in a sentence
- Boiling pasta with a bit of the sauce in the water will help the sauce "take."
- The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
- The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon.
Synonyms of pasta
Forms of pasta
| plural | pastas |
|---|---|
| plural (rare) | paste |
Origin of pasta
Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”). Doublet of paste.
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Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). Doublet of paste.
Words formed from pasta
Phrases with pasta
Words that rhyme with pasta
Questions about pasta
- What does pasta mean?
- Pasta means 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.
- What is pasta in Hindi?
- Pasta in Hindi is पास्ता (pāstā). See Pasta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pasta?
- Pasta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pasta?
- Pasta is pronounced /ˈpæs.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pasta?
- The plural of pasta is pastas.
Words near pasta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pasta (page history and authors); pasta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pasta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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