lasagna

English

A serving of lasagna

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian lasagna, Italian 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 (Semitic) lawzinaj ("almond cake").

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləˈzæn.jə/, /ləˈzɑː.njə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/, /ləˈsɑ.njə/

Noun

lasagna or lasagne (plural lasagnas or lasagne or lasagnes)

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.
  2. 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)

Usage notes

  • In Italian, lasagna refers to one lasagna and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction is rarely observed in English.
  • When the dish is referred to as lasagne (rather than lasagna), lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

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Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (cooking pot), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, trivet or stand for a pot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈsa.ɲːa/
  • Stress: lasàña
  • Hyphenation: la‧sa‧gna
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa

Noun

lasagna f (plural lasagne)

  1. (cooking, food) a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternate with condiments
  2. (cooking, chiefly in the plural) a dish of lasagna

Derived terms

  • lasagne alla bolognese (Bolognese lasagna, Bologna-style lasagna, lasagna with Bolognese)
  • lasagne di pesce (fish lasagna, lasagna with fish ragù)
  • lasagne di verdure (vegetarian lasagna, lasagna with vegetable ragù)
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