Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spaghetti western

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: spaghet-ti west-ern
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.

Example Sentences

"“A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns."
"Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions."

Etymology

From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

Inflected Forms

spaghetti westerns (plural)

Synonyms

Italo-western spaghetti

Questions

What does spaghetti western mean?: A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
Where does spaghetti western come from?: From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

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