pasta

pasta

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English

Etymology

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”). Doublet of paste.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpæstə/
    • (Northern England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈpastə/
    • (General American) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpɑstə/
    • (Canada) enPR: păsʹtə, päsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɑstə/
    • (General Australian) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpɐːstə/
    • (New Zealand) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpɐːstɘ/
    • (New Zealand, Broad) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA(key): /ˈpɛstɘ/
    • Homophone: pastor (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)
    • Rhymes: -æstə, -ɑːstə

    Noun

    pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas or (rare) paste)

    1. (uncountable) 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.
      Hyponym: macaroni
      1. (loosely) Any type of noodle.
    2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
    3. (countable) A type of pasta.

    Quotations

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pasta.

    Hyponyms

    • See also Thesaurus:pasta

    Derived terms

    Related terms

    Descendants

    Translations

    Anagrams

    • ataps, patas, tapas

    Bikol Central

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish pasta.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: pas‧ta
    • IPA(key): /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.ta]

    Noun

    pásta

    1. paste
      Synonym: pulot
    2. (dentistry) filling

    Derived terms

    Catalan

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpas.tə]
    • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpas.ta]

    Noun

    pasta f (plural pastes)

    1. paste, putty
    2. pulp (for papermaking)
    3. dough
    4. pasta (dough made from wheat and water)
    5. (colloquial) money, dough
    Derived terms

    References

    • “pasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
    • “pasta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
    • “pasta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
    • “pasta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    pasta

    1. inflection of pastar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Cebuano

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: pas‧ta

    Etymology 1

    From English paste, from Middle French (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek.

    Noun

    pasta

    1. dental filling

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Spanish pasta, borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

    Noun

    pasta

    1. pasta
      1. 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
      2. a dish or serving of pasta
      3. a type of pasta

    Cimbrian

    Etymology

    From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

    Noun

    pasta f

    1. (Luserna) pasta

    References

    • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

    Czech

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈpasta]

    Noun

    pasta f

    1. paste

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “pasta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “pasta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
    • “pasta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

    Danish

    Etymology

    From Italian pasta.

    Pronunciation

    IPA(key): /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰæsd̥æ], [ˈpʰæstæ]

    Noun

    pasta c (singular definite pastaen, plural indefinite pastaer)

    1. pasta (food)
    2. paste

    Declension

    Derived terms

    See also

    • makaroni
    • nudel
    • spaghetti

    References

    • “pasta” in Den Danske Ordbog

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɑs.taː/
    • Hyphenation: pas‧ta

    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). Displaced paste.

    Noun

    pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

    1. paste [from late 16th c.]
      • 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, part 2, publ. by Martinus Nijhoff (1956), page 147.
    Derived terms
    • chocoladepasta
    • hazelnootpasta
    • pastavreter
    • tandpasta
    Descendants
    • Afrikaans: pasta
    • → Indonesian: pasta

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

    Noun

    pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

    1. pasta [from mid 19th c.]
    Derived terms
    • pastamachine
    • pastasalade
    • pastasaus
    • pastavorm

    Faroese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpʰasta/
    • Rhymes: -asta

    Noun

    pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)

    1. pasta

    Declension

    Finnish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɑstɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
    • Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
    • Hyphenation(key): pas‧ta

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Italian pasta.

    Noun

    pasta

    1. pasta
    Declension
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Late Latin pasta.

    Noun

    pasta

    1. paste
    Declension
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “pasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

    Anagrams

    • Tapsa, tapas

    Galician

    Etymology

    Attested since the 15th century. From Latin pasta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈpastɐ]

    Noun

    pasta f (plural pastas)

    1. paste
    2. pasta
    3. dough
      Synonym: masa
    4. binding, cover of a book

    Derived terms

    • empastar

    References

    • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pasta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
    • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pasta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
    • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pasta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

    Icelandic

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian pasta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpʰasta/
    • Rhymes: -asta

    Noun

    pasta n (genitive singular pasta, no plural)

    1. pasta

    Declension

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    From Dutch pasta (“pasta, paste”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastel.

    • The sense of pasta is loaned via Italian pasta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈpas.ta]
    • Hyphenation: pas‧ta

    Noun

    pasta (first-person possessive pastaku, second-person possessive pastamu, third-person possessive pastanya)

    1. paste: a soft moist mixture.
    2. pasta:
      1. 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; a dish or serving of pasta.
      2. a type of pasta.

    Derived terms

    Related terms

    Further reading

    • “pasta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

    Irish

    Etymology

    From English pasta, from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpˠasˠt̪ˠə/

    Noun

    pasta m (genitive singular pasta)

    1. pasta

    Declension

    Mutation

    Further reading

    • “pasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

    Italian

    Etymology

      Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpa.sta/
      • Rhymes: -asta
      • Hyphenation: pà‧sta

      Noun

      pasta f (plural paste)

      1. paste
      2. pasta, noodles
      3. dough
      4. cake, tart
      5. texture

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Anagrams

      • spata

      Latin

      Etymology 1

        Borrowed from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá), from παστός (pastós), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”).

        Pronunciation

        • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäs̠t̪ä]
        • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

        Noun

        pasta f (genitive pastae); first declension (Late Latin)

        1. paste
        2. (New Latin) pasta
        Declension

        First-declension noun.

        Derived terms
        • *pastīcius
        Descendants

        Unsorted borrowings (many or all via French/Italian):

        Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronunciation

        • pāsta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpaːs.ta/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ä]
        • pāsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]
        • pāstā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpaːs.taː/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪äː]
        • pāstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

        Participle

        pāsta

        1. inflection of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”):
          1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
          2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

        Participle

        pāstā

        1. ablative feminine singular of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”)

        References

        • "pasta", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • pasta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • pasta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1123.
        • pasta in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1502

        Latvian

        Noun

        pasta m

        1. genitive singular of pasts

        Mòcheno

        Etymology

        From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

        Noun

        pasta f

        1. pasta

        References

        • “pasta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

        Norwegian Bokmål

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Italian pasta.

        Noun

        pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)

        1. pasta (usually uncountable)
        2. paste

        Derived terms

        • (sense 2) tannpasta

        References

        • “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

        Norwegian Nynorsk

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Italian pasta.

        Noun

        pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)

        1. pasta (usually uncountable)
        2. paste

        Derived terms

        • (sense 2) tannpasta

        References

        • “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

        Polish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈpas.ta/
        • Rhymes: -asta
        • Syllabification: pas‧ta

        Etymology 1

        Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

        Noun

        pasta f

        1. paste (soft mixture)
        2. Italian pasta
        Declension
        Derived terms

        Etymology 2

        Clipping of copypasta.

        Noun

        pasta f

        1. (Internet slang) copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else)
          Synonym: copypasta
        Declension

        Further reading

        • pasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • pasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

        Portuguese

        Pronunciation

        Etymology 1

          From Old Galician-Portuguese pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

          Cognate with Galician pasta.

          Noun

          pasta f (plural pastas)

          1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
            Synonym: massa
          2. paste
            Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente. ― I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.
          3. folder (organizer)
          4. (computing) folder (container of computer files)
            Synonym: diretório
          5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
            Synonym: maleta
          6. (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)
          Derived terms
          Descendants
          • → Hunsrik: Pasda

          Etymology 2

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

          pasta

          1. inflection of pastar:
            1. third-person singular present indicative
            2. second-person singular imperative

          Sardinian

          Etymology

          From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈpasta/

          Noun

          pasta f (plural pastas)

          1. paste
          2. pasta
          3. dough

          Serbo-Croatian

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /pâsta/
          • Hyphenation: pas‧ta

          Noun

          pȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

          1. paste, polish
            pasta za zube ― toothpaste
            pasta za cipele ― shoe polish

          Declension

          Derived terms

          • pasta za zube
          • pasta za cipele

          Sicilian

          Etymology

          From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
          • Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

          Noun

          pasta f

          1. pasta
          2. dough

          Derived terms

          • pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
          • sculapasta

          Slovak

          Etymology

          Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): [ˈpasta]

          Noun

          pasta f

          1. paste

          Declension

          Derived terms

          • pastička
          • pastový

          Further reading

          • “pasta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

          Spanish

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.t̪a]
          • Rhymes: -asta
          • Syllabification: pas‧ta

          Etymology 1

          Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

          Noun

          pasta f (plural pastas)

          1. pasta
          2. paste, dough
          3. biscuit
          4. (Spain, slang) money, dough
            Synonyms: (Latin America) plata, lana, dinero
            • 2006, Irvine Welsh, Federico Corriente Basús transl., Porno, Anagrama (→ISBN)
          5. (slang) Ellipsis of pasta de cocaína (“cocaine paste”).
          6. Ellipsis of pasta de dientes (“toothpaste”).
          Derived terms
          Related terms

          Etymology 2

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

          pasta

          1. inflection of pastar:
            1. third-person singular present indicative
            2. second-person singular imperative

          Further reading

          • “pasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

          Swedish

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          pasta c

          1. pasta
          2. paste

          Declension

          Derived terms

          • currypasta (“curry paste”)
          • sockerpasta (“sugar paste”)

          See also

          • spaghetti
          • makaroner
          • ketchup
          • köttfärssås
          • nudel

          References

          • pasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
          • pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
          • pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

          Turkish

          Etymology

          From Ottoman Turkish پاسته (pasta, “pasta”), borrowed from Italian pasta.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /pɑs.tɑ/

          Noun

          pasta (definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)

          1. (cooking) cake
            Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi. ― The birthday cake was very nice.

          Declension

          See also

          • kek

          References

          • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پاسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 433

          Welsh

          Etymology

          From English pasta, from Italian pasta.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰasta]

          Noun

          pasta m (uncountable)

          1. pasta

          Mutation

          Further reading

          • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pasta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

          West Frisian

          Etymology

          Probably borrowed from Dutch pasta, from Italian pasta.

          Noun

          pasta c (plural pasta's)

          1. pasta

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