confetti

[ kuhn-fet-ee for 1; Italian kawn-fet-tee for 2 ]

/ kənˈfɛt i for 1; Italian kɔnˈfɛt ti for 2 /

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plural noun, singular con·fet·to

[kuhn-fet-oh Italian kawn-fet-taw] /kənˈfɛt oʊ Italian kɔnˈfɛt tɔ/ for 2.

(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.

confections; bonbons.

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Origin of confetti

1805–15; <Italian, plural of confettocomfit

Words nearby confetti

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How to use confetti in a sentence

Glass fragments from windows, street lamps, car windshields, and theater marquees littered the streets like confetti.
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As we pulled back the sheets the bed was full of confetti in the Basque colors, red, white and green.
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For the finale, models dressed in gold joined St. Vincent on stage, dancing as confetti fell from the ceiling.
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But when the confetti dropped it was Assaf who stood in disbelief, his life forever changed.
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Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
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Your mad career generally ended in a crowd and a free fight of confetti.
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The people in the windows here threw down not only confetti but flowers, and stacks at each elbow added to the mass of color.
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Fragments were spun off the whirl of people, bits of BSG uniforms torn off their wearers and tossed like confetti.
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British Dictionary definitions for confetti

confetti

/ (kənˈfɛtɪ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for confetti

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

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