パスタ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パ​スタ [páꜜsùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pa̠sɨ̥ᵝta̠]

Etymology 1

パスタ: various kinds of pasta.

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

パスタ • (pasuta) 

1. pasta

Usage notes

The borrowed term パスタ (pasuta) only refers to foods derived from western-style pasta. This does not include traditional Asian foods like うどん (udon), そば (soba), ラーメン (rāmen), or ワンタン (wantan).

See also

See also

Kinds of pasta:

• マカロニ (makaroni): macaroni
• ラビオリ (rabiori): ravioli
• カネローニ (kanerōni): canneloni
• トルティーニ (torutīni): tortellini
• バーミセリ (bāmiseri): vermicelli
• スパゲッティ (supagetti): spaghetti

General terms:

• 麺(めん)類(るい) (menrui): noodles (as a general category of food; may include both Asian and western foods)

Etymology 2

パスタ: a kind of ointment or salve.

Borrowed from German Pasta, or more likely from the homophonous and more common spelling Paste (“salve, paste”).

Noun

パスタ • (pasuta) 

1. (medicine) Clipping of パスタ剤 (pasuta-zai, “a fat- or oil-based medicinal salve, ointment, or balm”).

Usage notes

This term is seldom used for its medicinal meaning, and more commonly refers to the food. However, the medicinal sense may have more currency in medical contexts.

Synonyms

• 軟(なん)膏(こう) (nankō), 軟(なん)膏(こう)剤(ざい) (nankōzai) (used more commonly to refer to medicinal ointment in general)
• 泥(でい)膏(こう) (deikō)
• ペースト (pēsuto)