pasta

A2 Topic:Food & Drink

US [ˈp(ʰ)astə] UK /ˈpæs.tə/ See IPA manual

Freq #6539

Meanings

1

noun
A food made from flour and water, shaped into forms like spaghetti and usually boiled.

We had pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.
2

noun
A dish whose main ingredient is pasta.

This restaurant serves a delicious seafood pasta.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

macaroni noodle paste

Word family

Forms pastaepastas

Derived forms copypastaimpastananopastanonpastapastafarianpastafarianismpastagatepastaholicpastalayapastalesspastalike

Related forms paste patepatty

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Phrases (1)

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pasta salad
a salad whose main ingredient is cooked pasta

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Philippine Spanish pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”).

pasta la-lat παστά Ancient Greek

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# pasta

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** [ˈp(ʰ)astə]
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpæs.tə/
**Frequency rank:** 6539

## Meanings
1. A food made from flour and water, shaped into forms like spaghetti and usually boiled.
2. A dish whose main ingredient is pasta.

## Examples
- We had pasta with tomato sauce for dinner.
- This restaurant serves a delicious seafood pasta.

## Synonyms
- macaroni
- noodle
- paste

## Derived Forms
- copypasta
- impasta
- nanopasta
- nonpasta
- pastafarian
- pastafarianism
- pastagate
- pastaholic
- pastalaya
- pastaless
- pastalike

## Related Forms
- paste
- pate
- patty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pasta
- Root: παστά

## Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Philippine Spanish pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”).

## AI Etymology
Pasta late Latin pasta Philippine Spanish pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). The historical chain includes la-lat pasta and Ancient Greek παστά. Modern senses include a food made from flour and water, shaped into forms like spaghetti and usually boiled and a dish whose main ingredient is pasta. The wider word family includes derivatives such as copypasta, impasta, nanopasta, nonpasta, pastafarian, and pastafarianism and related forms such as paste, pate, and patty.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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