confetti

[ kuhn-fet-ee Italian kawn-fet-tee ]

plural noun

, singular con·fet·to [k, uh, n-, fet, -oh, kawn-, fet, -taw]

1. (used with a singular verb) small bits of paper, usually colored, thrown or dropped from a height to enhance the gaiety of a festive event, as a parade, wedding, or New Year's Eve party.
2. confections; bonbons.

confetti

/ kənˈfɛtɪ /

noun

1. small pieces of coloured paper thrown on festive occasions, esp at the bride and groom at weddings

Word History and Origins

Origin of confetti¹

1805–15; < Italian, plural of confetto comfit

Word History and Origins

Origin of confetti¹

C19: from Italian, plural of confetto, originally, a bonbon; see comfit

Example Sentences

Glass fragments from windows, street lamps, car windshields, and theater marquees littered the streets like confetti.

From The Daily Beast

As we pulled back the sheets the bed was full of confetti in the Basque colors, red, white and green.

From The Daily Beast

For the finale, models dressed in gold joined St. Vincent on stage, dancing as confetti fell from the ceiling.

From The Daily Beast

Kelly Clarkson tearfully belting “A Moment Like This” while confetti falls around her?

From The Daily Beast

But when the confetti dropped it was Assaf who stood in disbelief, his life forever changed.

From The Daily Beast

Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.

From Project Gutenberg

Your mad career generally ended in a crowd and a free fight of confetti.

From Project Gutenberg

The people in the windows here threw down not only confetti but flowers, and stacks at each elbow added to the mass of color.

From Project Gutenberg

Fragments were spun off the whirl of people, bits of BSG uniforms torn off their wearers and tossed like confetti.

From Project Gutenberg

Let her try to mix up confetti or a toy balloon with a tall skinny man and the police would get a hurry call!

From Project Gutenberg

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