French word

spaghetti

Pronunciation

IPA/spageti/

Meaning

  • masculine nounspaghetti

Example

Je mange du spaghetti ce soir.

I'm having spaghetti tonight.

Illustration for spaghetti (spaghetti)

More examples

Il faut cuire les spaghetti al dente pour un bon résultat.

You have to cook the spaghetti al dente for a good result.

Core concept

A tangle of long, thin pasta strands gathered on a plate.

Common phrases

  • cuire des spaghetti

    cook spaghetti

  • acheter des spaghetti

    buy spaghetti

Similar words

pâtes: A general term for flour-based pasta made with water and cooked by boiling.
nouilles: Thin, elongated noodles made from wheat, rice, or other similar ingredients and boiled for eating.

Definition in French

Désigne une pâte alimentaire longue et fine, habituellement cuite à l'eau et accompagnée d'une sauce.

Word origin

French spaghetti comes from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto, a diminutive of spago, meaning 'string'.

Usage tips

  • In everyday French, spaghetti is often treated as a mass noun in du spaghetti, although the plural form des spaghettis also occurs.

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