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Added 9 October 2026

pasta

/ˈpæs.tə/ noun

In Latin: collȳra, pasta Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pasta at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient.
Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.

Origin

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”). Doublet of paste.

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