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9-letter words (1 found)

SPAGHETTI,

7-letter words (8 found)

APESHIT,ATHEIST,GAPIEST,HATPEGS,PATTIES,PETTISH,STAITHE,TAPETIS,

6-letter words (28 found)

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5-letter words (91 found)

AEGIS,AGIST,AIGHT,APHIS,APISH,ASHET,ASPIE,EIGHT,EPHAS,ETATS,GAITS,GAITT,GAPES,GATES,GATHS,GEATS,GEIST,GEITS,GETAS,GHAST,GHATS,GHEST,GITES,HAETS,HASTE,HATES,HEAPS,HEAST,HEATS,HEIST,PAGES,PAISE,PASTE,PATES,PATHS,PATTE,PEAGS,PEATS,PEGHS,PETIT,PETTI,PHAGE,PHASE,PIETA,PIETS,PIGHT,PISTE,PITAS,PITHS,PITTA,SAITH,SEPIA,SEPTA,SHAPE,SHITE,SIETH,SIGHT,SITHE,SPAHI,SPAIT,SPATE,SPEAT,SPITE,STAGE,STAIG,STAPH,STATE,STEPT,STIPA,STIPE,TAIGS,TAISH,TAITS,TAPES,TAPET,TAPIS,TASTE,TATES,TATHS,TATIE,TEATS,TEPAS,TESTA,TETHS,THAGI,THESP,THETA,THIGS,TIGES,TIGHT,TITHE,

4-letter words (146 found)

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3-letter words (92 found)

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2-letter words (25 found)

AE,AG,AH,AI,AS,AT,EA,EH,ES,ET,GI,HA,HE,HI,IS,IT,PA,PE,PI,SH,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 392 words from spaghetti according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spaghetti

spaghetti

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (dish of spaghetti; (rare) 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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spə-gĕtʹē; IPA(key): /spəˈɡɛti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /spəˈɡɛti/, [-ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -ɛti
  • Hyphenation: spagh‧et‧ti

Noun

spaghetti (usually uncountable, plural spaghettis)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
    Synonyms: (nonstandard, childish) pasghetti, (nonstandard, childish) sketti, (informal) spag
    1. (by extension, countable, uncountable) A dish that has spaghetti (sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
      Synonym: (informal) spag
  2. (by extension, countable) Denoting Italianness.
    1. (derogatory, informal) An Italian person.
    2. (film) Ellipsis of spaghetti western (a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy).
  3. (by extension, uncountable, informal, often attributively) Something physically resembling spaghetti (sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
    1. (electrical engineering) Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.
    2. (road transport) Roads forming a complex junction, especially one with multiple levels on a motorway.
  4. (uncountable, figuratively, informal) Something confusing or intricate.
    1. (programming, derogatory, informal) Ellipsis of spaghetti code (unstructured or poorly structured program source code, especially code with many GOTO statements or their equivalent).

Usage notes

Regarding sense 1, an individual strand is usually called a piece of spaghetti or a strand of spaghetti. Rarely it is called a spaghetto, derived from the Italian form.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • spaghettini
  • spaghettoni

Translations

See also

  • noodle

Noun

spaghetti

  1. (rare) plural of spaghetto

Verb

spaghetti (third-person singular simple present spaghettis, present participle spaghettiing, simple past and past participle spaghettied) (informal)

  1. (transitive)
    1. (humorous) To serve (someone) spaghetti (noun sense 1).
    2. To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.
    3. To cause (something) to become tangled.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. (humorous) To eat spaghetti (noun sense 1).
    2. To become, or appear to become, longer and thinner.
    3. To become tangled.

Derived terms

  • spaghettied (adjective)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • spaghetti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • pasghetti

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spa.ɡɛ.ti/, /spa.ɡe.ti/

Noun

spaghetti m (plural spaghettis)

  1. (usually in the plural) spaghetti
  2. strand of spaghetti

Further reading

  • “spaghetti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago (cord, string), from Latin spacus (string).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spaˈɡet.ti/
  • Rhymes: -etti
  • Hyphenation: spa‧ghét‧ti

Noun

spaghetti m pl

  1. plural of spaghetto
  2. a dish of spaghetti
  3. fine strings

Related terms

  • spaghettata
  • spaghetteria
  • spaghettini

Anagrams

  • spighetta

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian spaghetti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spaˈɡɛt.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtti
  • Syllabification: spa‧ghet‧ti

Noun

spaghetti n (indeclinable)

  1. spaghetti

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

spaghetti m (plural spaghettis)

  1. Alternative form of espaguete

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • spagetti

Noun

spaghetti c

  1. spaghetti

Declension

See also

  • pasta
  • makaroner
  • ketchup
  • köttfärssås

References

  • spaghetti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • spaghetti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org