lasagna

or la·sa·gne

[luh-zahn-yuh, lah-]

noun

large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.

a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.

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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Examples from the Web for lasagne

Contemporary Examples of lasagne

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February 24, 2010

Historical Examples of lasagne

Lasagne's papers had already been given to Catherine, who burned them.
Catherine de' Medici
Honore 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 Cheese
Robert Carlton Brown

British Dictionary definitions for lasagne

lasagne

lasagna

noun

a form of pasta consisting of wide flat sheets

any of several dishes made from layers of lasagne and meat, cheese, etc

Word Origin for lasagne

from Italian lasagna, from Latin lasanum cooking pot

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Word Origin and History for lasagne

lasagna

"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."