Pasta

Pronunciation

• US enPR: päs'tÉ™, IPA: /ˈpɑːstÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstÉ™
• UK, CA enPR: păs'tÉ™, IPA: /ˈpæstÉ™/
• Rhymes: -æstÉ™

Origin

Borrowing from it pasta, from Late Latin pasta ("dough, pastry cake, paste"), from Ancient Greek παστά ("barley porridge"), from παστός ("sprinkled with salt").

Full definition of pasta

Noun

1. (uncountable) (particularly in Italian cooking) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.
2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
3. (countable) A type of pasta.

Hyponyms

Related terms

• paste

Anagrams

• patas
• tapas