confeti

Galician

Etymology

From Italian confetti, plural of confetto (“confection”), reinterpreted as a singular (compare espagueti).

Noun

confeti m (plural confetis)

1. confetti
   • 2012 January 1, “Unha tonelada de confeti en Times Square”, in CRTVG‎^[1]:

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Spanish

Etymology

From French confetti, and this a pseudo-Italianism, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto (“confection”), reinterpreted as a singular (compare espagueti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfeti/, [kõɱˈfe.t̪i]

Noun

confeti m (plural confetis)

1. confetti
   • 2015 July 27, Joan Faus, “México gana la Copa Oro superando con contundencia a Jamaica”, in El País‎^[2]:

     A los pocos segundos, al levantar Guardado el trofeo, se desató una lluvia de confeti amarillo y fuegos artificiales.

     A few seconds later, as Guardado lifted the trophy, a shower of yellow confetti and fireworks was let loose.

Further reading

• “confeti” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.