pasta
/ˈpɑ.stə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Uncountable
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pasta, παστά, πάσσω
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑ.stə/
- British English: /ˈpæs.tə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.