pasta

See also: pastá, pastā, and påstå

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

PronunciationEdit

• (New Zealand, US, Canada) enPR: päs'tə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːstə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə
• (UK, Canada) enPR: păs'tə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæstə/
• Rhymes: -æstə

NounEdit

pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas)

1. (uncountable) (particularly in Italian cooking) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.
2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
3. (countable) A type of pasta.

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pasta.

HyponymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:pasta

Related termsEdit

• paste

TranslationsEdit

dough

• Arabic: مَعْكَرُونَة‎ (ar) f (maʿkarūna)
• Catalan: pasta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意大利粉 (Ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ fan²), 意粉 (Ji³ fan²) (abbreviation)

  Mandarin: 意大利麵 (zh), 意大利面 (zh) (Yìdàlì miàn)

• Czech: těstoviny f pl
• Dutch: deegwaren f pl
• Esperanto: pasto (eo)
• Faroese: pasta f
• Finnish: pasta (fi)
• French: pâtes (fr) f pl, pâtes alimentaires (fr) f pl
• German: Teigwaren (de) f pl, Nudeln (de) f pl
• Greek: ζυμαρικά (el) n pl (zymariká)
• Hindi: पास्ता (pāstā)
• Hungarian: tészta (hu)
• Italian: pasta (it) f, impasto (it) m
• Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
• Korean: 파스타 (ko) (paseuta)
• Kurdish: meqarne

• Latin: pasta
• Lithuanian: makaronas m, makaronai m pl
• Marathi: पास्ता m (pāstā)
• Norman: pâtes f pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian: pasta (no)
• Persian: پاستا‎ (pāsta)
• Polish: makaron (pl) m
• Portuguese: massa (pt) f
• Romanian: paste făinoase (ro) f pl
• Russian: макаро́ны (ru) pl (makaróny), макаро́нные изде́лия n pl (makarónnyje izdélija), (slang) па́ста (ru) f (pásta) (considered non-standard and has other meanings)
• Serbo-Croatian: testenina f
• Slovak: cestovina f
• Spanish: pastas (es) f pl
• Swedish: pasta (sv) c
• Tamil: மாச்சேவை (māccēvai)
• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)
• Turkish: makarna (tr)
• Ukrainian: макаронні вироби (makaronni vyroby)
• Welsh: pasta (cy)

dish or serving

• Finnish: pastaruoka (dish); pasta-annos (serving)
• German: Nudelgericht (de) n

• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)

type of pasta

• Finnish: pastalaji

• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)

AnagramsEdit

• patas, tapas

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

NounEdit

pasta f (plural pastes)

1. paste, dough

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

pasta f

1. paste

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	pastě	pastám
accusative	pastu	pasty
vocative	pasto	pasty
locative	pastě	pastách
instrumental	pastou	pastami

Derived termsEdit

• zubní pasta

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Late Latin pasta.

NounEdit

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. paste

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

NounEdit

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. pasta

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

NounEdit

pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)

1. pasta

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pasta (singular only)
f1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pasta	pastan
accusative	pastu	pastuna
dative	pastu	pastuni
genitive	pastu	pastunnar

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ

NounEdit

pasta

1. pasta

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pasta	pastat
genitive		pastan	pastojen
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pasta	pastat
accusative	nom.	pasta	pastat
	gen.	pastan
genitive		pastan	pastojen pastainrare
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
inessive		pastassa	pastoissa
elative		pastasta	pastoista
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
adessive		pastalla	pastoilla
ablative		pastalta	pastoilta
allative		pastalle	pastoille
essive		pastana	pastoina
translative		pastaksi	pastoiksi
instructive		—	pastoin
abessive		pastatta	pastoitta
comitative		—	pastoineen

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

NounEdit

pasta n (genitive singular pasta, no plural)

1. pasta

DeclensionEdit

declension of pasta

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pasta	pastað
accusative	pasta	pastað
dative	pasta	pastanu
genitive	pasta	pastans

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin pasta.

NounEdit

pasta f (plural paste)

1. paste
2. pasta, noodles
3. dough
4. cake, tart
5. texture

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from pasta

• pasta abrasiva
• pasta alimentare
• pasta all'uovo
• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• pasta brisée
• pasta chimica
• pasta cresciuta
• pasta da carta

• pasta di alluminio
• pasta di fondo
• pasta di legno
• pasta di mandorle
• pasta di paglia
• pasta di stracci
• pasta di vetro
• pasta d'uomo

• pasta dura
• pasta fresca
• pasta frolla, pastafrolla
• pasta glutinata
• pasta margherita
• pasta meccanica
• pasta normale

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek πάστα (pásta)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

NounEdit

pasta f (genitive pastae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) paste

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pasta	pastae
genitive	pastae	pastārum
dative	pastae	pastīs
accusative	pastam	pastās
ablative	pastā	pastīs
vocative	pasta	pastae

ParticipleEdit

pasta

1. nominative feminine singular of pastus
2. nominative neuter plural of pastus
3. accusative neuter plural of pastus
4. vocative feminine singular of pastus
5. vocative neuter plural of pastus

pastā

1. ablative feminine singular of pastus

ReferencesEdit

• pasta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “pasta”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “pasta” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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LatvianEdit

NounEdit

pasta m

1. genitive singular form of pasts

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian pasta

NounEdit

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived termsEdit

• (sense 2) tannpasta

ReferencesEdit

• “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian pasta

NounEdit

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived termsEdit

• (sense 2) tannpasta

ReferencesEdit

• “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

NounEdit

pasta f

1. A soft mixture, paste

DeclensionEdit

declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	paście	pastom
accusative	pastę	pasty
instrumental	pastą	pastami
locative	paście	pastach
vocative	pasto	pasty

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from pasta

• pasta do butów
• pasta do zębów

• pasta kanapkowa
• pasta ścierna

• pasta termoprzewodząca

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”).

NounEdit

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
2. paste

   Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.

   I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.

3. folder (organizer)
4. (computing, Brazil) folder (container of computer files)
5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
6. (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

SynonymsEdit

• (dough): massa
• (container of computer files): ficheiro, diretório
• (briefcase): maleta

Derived termsEdit

• pasta de dente

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pâsta/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

NounEdit

pȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

1. pasta, polish

   pasta za zube ― toothpaste

   pasta za cipele ― shoe polish

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pȁsta	paste
genitive	paste	pȃstā / pȃstī
dative	pasti	pastama
accusative	pastu	paste
vocative	pasto	paste
locative	pasti	pastama
instrumental	pastom	pastama

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SicilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin pasta.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
• Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

NounEdit

pasta f

1. pasta
2. dough

Derived termsEdit

• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• sculapasta

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SlovakEdit

NounEdit

pasta f

1. paste

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	pást
dative	paste	pastám
accusative	pastu	pasty
locative	paste	pastách
instrumental	pastou	pastami

Derived termsEdit

• pastička
• pastový

Further readingEdit

• pasta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin pasta.

NounEdit

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. pasta
2. paste, dough
3. (Spain, slang) money, dough

Related termsEdit

• pasto
• pastar
• pastor

VerbEdit

pasta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pastar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pastar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pastar.

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

NounEdit

pasta (definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)

1. (cooking) cake

Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi.

[A/The] birthday cake was very nice.

DeclensionEdit

declension of pasta

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pasta	pastalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastayı	pastaları
dative (yönelme)	pastaya	pastalara
locative (bulunma)	pastada	pastalarda
ablative (ayrılma)	pastadan	pastalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	pastanın	pastaların

possessive forms of pasta

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastam	pastalarım
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastamı	pastalarımı
dative (yönelme)	pastama	pastalarıma
locative (bulunma)	pastamda	pastalarımda
ablative (çıkma)	pastamdan	pastalarımdan
genitive (tamlayan)	pastamın	pastalarımın
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastan	pastaların
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastanı	pastalarını
dative (yönelme)	pastana	pastalarına
locative (bulunma)	pastanda	pastalarında
ablative (çıkma)	pastandan	pastalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	pastanın	pastalarının
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastası	pastaları
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastasını	pastalarını
dative (yönelme)	pastasına	pastalarına
locative (bulunma)	pastasında	pastalarında
ablative (çıkma)	pastasından	pastalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	pastasının	pastalarının
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastamız	pastalarımız
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastamızı	pastalarımızı
dative (yönelme)	pastamıza	pastalarımıza
locative (bulunma)	pastamızda	pastalarımızda
ablative (çıkma)	pastamızdan	pastalarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	pastamızın	pastalarımızın
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastanız	pastalarınız
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastanızı	pastalarınızı
dative (yönelme)	pastanıza	pastalarınıza
locative (bulunma)	pastanızda	pastalarınızda
ablative (çıkma)	pastanızdan	pastalarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	pastanızın	pastalarınızın
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pastaları	pastaları
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastalarını	pastalarını
dative (yönelme)	pastalarına	pastalarına
locative (bulunma)	pastalarında	pastalarında
ablative (çıkma)	pastalarından	pastalarından
genitive (tamlayan)	pastalarının	pastalarının

See alsoEdit

• kek

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WelshEdit

NounEdit

pasta m (uncountable)

1. pasta

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pasta	basta	mhasta	phasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West FrisianEdit

NounEdit

pasta c (plural pasta's)

1. pasta