confetti

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

plural noun

singular

confetto 

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

To celebrate, she went to a park with her family and popped a confetti cannon filled with fake money.

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Its pre-war faces replaced by an ever-changing confetti of displaced people.

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And confetti cannons rained glitter over him as the brass bombast of Land of Hope and Glory rang out and a giant union jack appeared on the screen behind him.

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Instead, he looked out a window and saw what he thought was confetti flying around, It was papers from the aftermath of a plane running into the North Tower.

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The move builds on previous environmental legislation from 2023 that banned supermarket carrier bags, plastic straws, drinks stirrers, cotton buds, and confetti, among other things.

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