lasagna

lasagna

English

A serving of lasagna

Alternative forms

• lasagne

Etymology

From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج‎ (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈzæn.jə/, /ləˈzɑ.njə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/, /ləˈsɑ.njə/

• Audio (RP)

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ləˈzɑ.njə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /lɘˈsɐː.njɘ/, /lɘˈzɐː.njɘ/

Noun

lasagna (plural lasagnas or lasagne or lasagnes)

1. A flat sheet of pasta.
2. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce)
3. (by extension) A combination or layering of things.
   • 1996, Lance Olsen, Time Famine: A Novel:

     Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their arrival to swim naked in the lake, such as it was, and his skin blemished into a lasagna of red hives, white welts, and disarming yellowish spots.

   • 2008, Body & Soul:

     Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins.

   • 2011, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die for, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 280:

     It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.

   • 2013, Molly Harper, How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     “Everything about us is just one layer of lies after another. We're a lasagna of lies. This is a terrible basis for a relationship.”

Usage notes

• In Italian, lasagna refers to one flat sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction is also observed in English, but only rarely in American English.
• When the dish is referred to as lasagne (rather than lasagna), lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

Derived terms

• lasagna code
• Mexican lasagna

Translations

flat sheet of pasta

Catalan: lasanya (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 麵皮／面皮 (zh) (miànpí)千層麵／千层面 (zh), 千层面 (qiāncéngmiàn) Estonian: lasanjeplaat Finnish: lasagnelevy (fi) Galician: lasaña (gl) f German: Lasagneplatte (de) f Greek: λαζάνια (el) (lazánia) Hungarian: lasagna lap Italian: lasagna (it) f Japanese: ラザニア (razania), ラザニエ (razanie) Norwegian: Bokmål: lasagneplate m or f Nynorsk: lasagneplate f Persian: لازانیا‎ (lâzânyâ) Polish: lasagne (pl) n pl, lazanie, lazania (pl) f (informally) Portuguese: lasanha (pt) f Russian: лаза́нья (ru) f (lazánʹja) Swedish: lasagneplatta c Turkish: lazanya (tr)

baked dish

Arabic: لَازَانْيَا‎ f (lazanyā) Armenian: լազանյա (lazanya) Bulgarian: лазаня f (lazanja) Catalan: lasanya (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 意大利千層麵／意大利千层面 (Yìdàlì qiāncéngmiàn), 千層麵／千层面 (zh), 千层面 (qiāncéngmiàn), 烤寬麵條／烤宽面条 (kǎokuān miàntiáo) Czech: lasagne (cs) f pl, lazaně f pl (rare, nonstandard) Danish: lasagne (da) c Dutch: lasagne (nl) f Esperanto: lazanjo, lasanjoj pl Estonian: lasanje Finnish: lasagne (fi) French: lasagne (fr) f Galician: lasaña (gl) f German: Lasagne (de) f Icelandic: lasanja n, lasagna n Interlingua: lasagna Italian: lasagna (it) f (chiefly in the plural) Japanese: ラザニア (razania), ラザーニャ (razānya) Korean: 라자냐 (rajanya) Lithuanian: lazanija f Norwegian: Bokmål: lasagne m Nynorsk: lasagne m Persian: لازانیا‎ (lâzânyâ) Polish: lasagne (pl) n pl, lazanie, lazania (pl) (informally) Portuguese: lasanha (pt) f Russian: лаза́нья (ru) f (lazánʹja) Spanish: lasaña (es) f Swedish: lasagne (sv) c Thai: ลาซัญญา (laa-san-yâa) Turkish: lazanya (tr)

Anagrams

• Alagnas, Laganas, galanas

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Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈzaɲ.ɲa/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲa
• Hyphenation: la‧sà‧gna

Noun

lasagna f (plural lasagne)

1. (cooking, food) a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated with condiments
2. (cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of lasagna

Derived terms

• lasagne alla bolognese (“Bolognese lasagna, Bologna-style lasagna, lasagna with Bolognese”)
• lasagne di pesce (“fish lasagna, lasagna with fish ragù”)
• lasagne di verdure (“vegetarian lasagna, lasagna with vegetable ragù”)

Descendants

(all are borrowed)

• Catalan: lasanya
• English: lasagna
• French: lasagne
• Icelandic: lasanja
• Japanese: ラザニア
• Korean: 라자냐 (rajanya)
• Portuguese: lasanha
• Russian: лаза́нья (lazánʹja)
• Spanish: lasaña
• Turkish: lazanya