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spa⋅ghet⋅ti
[spuh-get-ee] 
–noun
| 1. | a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces. |
| 2. | Electricity. an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped. |
Origin:
1885–90; < It, pl. of spaghetto, dim. of spago thin rope < LL spacus twine, prob. < Gk sphákos long-threaded lichen
1885–90; < It, pl. of spaghetto, dim. of spago thin rope < LL spacus twine, prob. < Gk sphákos long-threaded lichen
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| spa·ghet·ti (spə-gět'ē) n.
[Italian, pl. diminutive of spago, cord.] |
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Spaghetti
Spa*ghet"ti\, n. [It.] A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Spaghetti
Spanish:
espaguetis,
German:
die Spaghetti,
Japanese:
スパゲッティ
spaghetti
1849 (as sparghetti, in Eliza Acton's "Modern Cookery"), from It. spaghetti, pl. of spaghetto "string, twine," dim. of spago "cord," of uncertain origin. Spaghetti Western (one filmed in Italy) first attested 1969. Spaghetti strap is from 1972.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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