lasagna
or la·sa·gne
[luh-zahn-yuh, lah-]
- large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
- a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.
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Origin of lasagna
1840–50; < Italian < Vulgar Latin *lasania cooking pot (hence, apparently, the contents of the pot), for Latin lasanum, lasanus chamber pot < Greek lásana (plural), orig., trivet or stand for a pot
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Contemporary Examples
JOE, ONE OF YOUR RESTAURANTS, DEL POSTO, OFFERS A 100-LAYER LASAGNE, CARVED TABLESIDE.
Culinary Kings-Turned TV Judges Cook Up Verdicts on Gordon Ramsay-Hosted MasterChefDaily Beast Promotions
July 27, 2010
Lasagna, which is also known as lasagne, is both the name of the dish and the name of the pasta.
Historical Examples
Lasagne's papers had already been given to Catherine, who burned them.
Catherine de' MediciHonore de Balzac
Eaten chiefly sliced, but prized, both fresh and smoked, in true Italian one-dish meals such as Lasagne and Pizza.
The Complete Book of CheeseRobert Carlton Brown
lasagne
lasagna
- a form of pasta consisting of wide flat sheets
- any of several dishes made from layers of lasagne and meat, cheese, etc
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Word Origin
from Italian lasagna, from Latin lasanum cooking pot
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Word Origin and History for lasagne
lasagna
n.
"pasta cut in long, wide strips; a dish made from this," 1760 (as an Italian word in English), from Italian (plural is lasagne), from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum "a pot," from Greek lasanon "pot with feet, trivet."
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