Spaghetti

Pronunciation

• enPR: spÉ™gÄ•tʹē, IPA: /spəˈɡɛti/
• US IPA: spəˈɡɛɾi
• Rhymes: -É›ti

Origin

Italian (see Italian etymology below)

Full definition of spaghetti

Noun

1. A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
2. A dish that has spaghetti as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
3. Informally, any type of pasta.
4. Electrical insulating tubing.
5. Anything tangled or confusing.
6. A short form of spaghetti code.

Usage notes

An individual strand is called a piece of spaghetti or a strand of spaghetti, or rarely spaghetto, derived from the Italian form.

Often used with another noun to convey a spaghetti-like attribute, such as thinness (spaghetti strap, spaghetti stripes), Italian (spaghetti western), flexibility (spaghetti limbs), or intertwining strands (spaghetti code, spaghetti junction, spaghetti grid)

Derived terms

• Flying Spaghetti Monster
• spaghetti bolognese
• spaghetti code
• spaghettification
• spaghetti junction
• spaghetti strap
• spaghetti western
• sketti, pasghetti childish, nonstandard

Related terms

• spaghettini
• spaghettoni

Anagrams

• pasghetti