spaghetti western
See also: spaghettiwestern, Spaghetti Western, and spaghetti Western
English
Alternative forms
- spaghetti Western, Spaghetti Western
Etymology
From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.
Noun
spaghetti western (plural spaghetti westerns)
- (film) A motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy, and depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.
- Synonym: Italo-western
- Hypernyms: Eurowestern, western, movie, film
- “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
- 2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns, Oldcastle Books, →ISBN:
- Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.
Translations
western film produced in Europe by an Italian company
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Further reading
- Spaghetti Western on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English, from spaghetti (in turn borrowed from Italian) + western.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spaˈɡet.ti ˈwɛ.stern/
- Hyphenation: spa‧ghét‧ti‧wè‧stern
Noun
spaghetti western m (invariable)
- (film) spaghetti western, Italo-western (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company)
- Synonym: western all'italiana
- Hypernyms: western, film, pellicola