spaghetti

spaghetti
noun Etymology: Italian, from plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago cord, string, from Late Latin spacus Date: 1874 1. pasta made in thin solid strings 2. insulating tubing typically of varnished cloth or of plastic for covering bare wire or holding insulated wires together • spaghettilike adjective

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  • Spaghetti — Spaghetti …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Spaghetti — is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. [spaghetti. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spaghetti (accessed: June 03, 2008).] A variety of pasta dishes are… …   Wikipedia

  • spaghetti — [ spageti ] n. m. • 1893; mot it., dimin. de spago, bas lat. spacus « ficelle » ♦ Au plur. Pâtes alimentaires fines et longues. Des spaghettis à la tomate. Par appos. (Plaisant) Western spaghetti. ● spaghetti nom masculin (italien spaghetti, de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Spaghetti — Spl std. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus it. spaghetti Pl., einem Diminutivum zu it. spago m. Schnur , dessen weitere Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist. Die Sache kommt aus China.    Ebenso nndl. spaghetti, ne. spaghetti, nfrz. spaghetti,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • spaghetti — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. spagetti] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. n, ndm {{/stl 8}}{{stl 20}} {{/stl 20}}{{stl 12}}1. {{/stl 12}}{{stl 7}} długi, cienki makaron, pochodzący z Włoch : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Kupić spaghetti. Ugotować spaghetti. {{/stl… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • spaghetti — (n.) 1849 (as sparghetti, in Eliza Acton s Modern Cookery ), from It. spaghetti, pl. of spaghetto string, twine, dim. of spago cord, of uncertain origin. Spaghetti Western (one filmed in Italy) first attested 1969. Spaghetti strap is from 1972 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Spaghetti — Spaghetti: Die Bezeichnung der stäbchenförmigen Teigware wurde im 20. Jh. aus dem It. übernommen. Gleichbed. it. spaghetti gehört als Verkleinerungsbildung zu it. spago »dünne Schnur«, dessen weitere Herkunft unbekannt ist …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Spaghetti — Spa*ghet ti, n. [It.] A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spaghetti — western zob. western …   Słownik frazeologiczny

  • spaghetti — spaghetti, ⊕ spagueti, ⊕ spaguetti → espagueti …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • spaghetti — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ pasta made in solid strings, between macaroni and vermicelli in thickness. ORIGIN Italian, little strings …   English terms dictionary

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