Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

    Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.

    Spaghetti, Spagetti

    спаге́ттиspagétti

    спаге́тіspahéti

    pasta in the form of long strings

  2. A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable, usually)A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.

    спаге́ттиspagétti

  3. Denoting Italianness.

    (broadly, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually)An Italian person.

  4. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually)Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.

    spaghetti grid spaghetti junction spaghetti limbs spaghetti strap spaghetti stripes

  5. Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.

    (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually)Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.

    Isolationsschlauch

  6. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually)Roads forming a complex junction, especially one with multiple levels on a motorway.

  7. (attributive, broadly, informal, often, uncountable, usually)Disorderly strands of filament, caused by an error during the printing process.

    Coordinate term: blob of death

  8. (figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually)Something confusing or intricate.

Examples

268 sentences
  1. Tom knows how to cook spaghetti.

    Том знає, як готувати спагетті.

    ruТом знает, как приготовить спагетти.

    deTom weiß, wie man Spaghetti macht.

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  2. Tom makes the best spaghetti in the world.

    Том готує найкращі спагеті в світі.

    ruТом готовит лучшие спагетти в мире.

    deTom macht die besten Spaghetti der Welt.

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  3. Tom doesn't like the way Mary makes spaghetti.

    Тому не подобається, як Мері варить спагеті.

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  4. Tom cooked spaghetti for dinner.

    Том приготував на вечерю спагеті.

    ruТом приготовил на ужин спагетти.

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  5. Tom's favorite food is spaghetti.

    Улюблена їжа Тома — спагеті.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings:
Русский
By meaning 1
type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings:
electrical insulating tubing; electrical wiring:

Origin

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“strand of spaghetti

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.

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Forms

plural: spaghettis
Singularspaghetti
Pluralspaghettis

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • make spaghetti
  • spaghetti for dinner
  • spaghetti sauce
  • make spaghetti for
  • eat spaghetti
  • to make spaghetti
  • cook spaghetti
  • is making spaghetti
  • to eat spaghetti
  • like spaghetti

See also

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