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lasagna

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A serving of lasagna

Alternative forms

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  • lasagne (this form is the one typically used in British English)

Etymology

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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”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lasagna (countable and uncountable, plural lasagnas or lasagne)

  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).
  3. (by extension) A combination or layering of things.
    • 1996, Lance Olsen, Time Famine: A Novel:
      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.
    • 2008, Body & Soul:
      Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins.
    • 2011, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die for, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 280:
      It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.
    • 2013, Molly Harper, How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      “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.”
    • 2020, Rebecca E. Hirsch, Garfield's Guide to Lasagna: Cooking Nature's Perfect Food, Lerner Publications, →ISBN, page 20:
      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

Usage notes

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  • In Italian, lasagna refers to one flat sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction may also be observed in English, but only rarely in American and Canadian English.
  • At any rate, lasagne and lasagna are homophones in most accents, so this would only be a written distinction.
  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈzaɲ.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -aɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: la‧sà‧gna

Noun

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lasagna f (plural lasagne)

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

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