lasagna
/ləˈzæn.jə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna."
- "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."
- "Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins."
- "It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams."
- "“Everything about us is just one layer of lies after another. We're a lasagna of lies. This is a terrible basis for a relationship.”"
- "CHOCOLATE LASAGNA / Who says lasagna is only a main dish? Serve this easy, no-bake lasagna for dessert. / Ingredients / 2 3.9-ounce packages (110 g) instant chocolate pudding mix / 2 cups (473 mL) milk / 8 ounces (227g) whipped topping / 16 graham crackers, chocolate or plan / 1 1/2 cups (75g) mini marshmallows / chocolate syrup"
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lasagna, *lasania, lasanum, λάσανον, لَوْزِينَج
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ləˈzæn.jə/
- British English: /ləˈzɑː.njə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.