lasagna

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lasagna

/ləˈzɑː.njə/ UK
/ləˈzæn.jə/ UK
/ləˈsɑː.njə/ UK
/ləˈzæn.jə/ US
/ləˈzɑ.njə/ US
/ləˈzɑ.ɲjə/ US
/ləˈzɑ.njə/ Canada
/lɘˈsɐː.njɘ/ New Zealand
/lɘˈzɐː.njɘ/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

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”).

noun lasagnas · lasagne

countable, uncountable A flat sheet of pasta.
countable, uncountable 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). I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.
broadly, countable, uncountable A combination or layering of things. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lasagne, lasagnette, tagliatelle, spaghettoni, linguine, pasta, pasta bake, nest, spaghettini, linguini, tagliatelli, rollatini, spaghetti, pastitsio, mostaccioli, cavatelli

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noun flat sheet of pasta

한국어	라자냐 rajanya, 라사냐 rasanya
日本語	ラザニア razania, ラザニエ razanie
中文	麵皮 /面皮千層麵 /千层面 miànpí
हिन्दी	लज़ान्या lazānyā
Português	lasanha
Deutsch	Lasagneplatte
Italiano	lasagna
Ελληνικά	λαζάνια lazánia
Русский	лаза́нья lazánʹja

noun baked dish

Español	lasaña
한국어	라자냐 rajanya, 라사냐 rasanya
日本語	ラザニア razania, ラザーニャ razānya
中文	意大利千層麵 /意大利千层面 Yìdàlì qiāncéngmiàn, 千層麵 /千层面 qiāncéngmiàn, 烤寬麵條 /烤宽面条 kǎokuān miàntiáo
Português	lasanha
Français	lasagne
Deutsch	Lasagne
Italiano	lasagna
Русский	лаза́нья lazánʹja
العربية	لَازَانْيَا lazanyā

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@misc{lasagna_2026,
  title = {lasagna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lasagna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}