pasta

See also: pastá, pastā, pastă, pastą, and påstå

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”). Doublet of paste.

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t-der.

Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)

Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.

Late Latin pasta

Italian pastabor.

English pasta

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæstə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (Northern England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈpastə/
• (General American) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstə/
• (Canada) enPR: păsʹtə, päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɑstə/
• (General Australian) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːstə/
• (New Zealand) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɐːstɘ/
• Homophone: pastor (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)
• Rhymes: -æstə, -ɑːstə

Noun

pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas or (rare) paste)

1. (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

   Hyponym: macaroni

   1. (loosely) Any type of noodle.
2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
3. (countable) A type of pasta.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pasta.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:pasta

Derived terms

• egg pasta
• hasta la pasta
• hasta pasta
• nuclear pasta
• pasta bake
• pasta basica
• pasta e fagioli
• pasta fazool
• pasta salad
• pasta sauce
• pasta wheat

 

Related terms

• pasta filata
• paste
• pâté
• pate
• patty

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pasta
• → Hindi: पास्ता (pāstā)
• → Marathi: पास्ता (pāstā)
• → Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)
• → Welsh: pasta

Translations

dough

• Arabic:

  Algerian Arabic: ماقرونة

  Hijazi Arabic: مَكَرُونَة f (makarōna)

  Moroccan Arabic: مقرونية f (maqarūniyya)

• Catalan: pasta (ca) f
• Cebuano: pasta
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意大利粉 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶ fan²), 意粉 (ji³ fan²) (abbreviation)

  Dungan: мянфан (mi͡anfan)

  Mandarin: 意大利麵／意大利面 (zh) (Yìdàlì miàn)

• Czech: těstoviny (cs) f pl
• Danish: pasta (da) c
• Dutch: deegwaren (nl) f pl
• Esperanto: pasto (eo)
• Faroese: pasta f
• Finnish: pasta (fi)
• French: pâtes (fr) f pl, pâtes alimentaires (fr) f pl
• German: Nudeln (de) f pl; (formal, specialist) Teigwaren (de) f pl; (commercial sometimes) Pasta (de) f
• Greek: ζυμαρικά (el) n pl (zymariká)

  Ancient: κολλύρα f (kollúra)

• Hebrew: פַּסְטָה (he) f (pás'ṭå)
• Hindi: पास्ता (pāstā)
• Hungarian: tészta (hu)
• Icelandic: pasta n
• Irish: pasta m
• Italian: pasta (it) f, impasto (it) m
• Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
• Korean: 파스타 (ko) (paseuta)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: meqarne

• Latin: collȳra f, pasta f (Late)
• Lithuanian: makaronas m, makaronai m pl
• Macedonian: тестенина f (testenina)
• Marathi: पास्ता m (pāstā)
• Mòcheno: pasta f
• Norman: pâtes f pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian: pasta (no)
• Persian: پاستا (pâstâ)
• Polish: makaron (pl) m
• Portuguese: massa (pt) f, (Brazil) macarrão (pt) m
• Romanian: paste făinoase (ro) f pl
• Russian: макаро́ны (ru) pl (makaróny), макаро́нные изде́лия n pl (makarónnyje izdélija), (slang) па́ста (ru) f (pásta) (considered non-standard and has other meanings)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: testenìna f

• Slovak: cestovina f
• Spanish: pasta (es) f
• Swedish: pasta (sv) c
• Tagalog: pasta
• Tamil: மாச்சேவை (māccēvai)
• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)
• Turkish: makarna (tr)
• Ukrainian: макаро́нні ви́роби m pl (makarónni výroby)
• Welsh: pasta (cy) m

dish or serving

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: مقرونية f (maqarūniyya)

• Finnish: pastaruoka (dish); pasta-annos (serving)
• German: Nudeln (de) f pl; Nudelgericht (de) n
• Hebrew: פַּסְטָה (he) f (pás'ṭå)
• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)

type of pasta

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意大利面 (zh) (yì dà lì miàn)

• Finnish: pastalaji
• Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)

Anagrams

• ataps, patas, tapas

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pasta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.ta]

Noun

pásta

1. paste

   Synonym: pulot

2. (dentistry) filling

Derived terms

• ipasta
• magpasta
• pastahan

 

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpas.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpas.ta]

Noun

pasta f (plural pastes)

1. paste, putty
2. pulp (for papermaking)
3. dough
4. pasta (dough made from wheat and water)
5. (colloquial) money, dough

Derived terms

• empastar
• empastifar
• pasta d'ebenista
• pasta de dents
• pasta de te
• pasta fullada
• pastar
• pastetes
• pastís

 

References

• “pasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pasta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pasta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pasta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

pasta

1. inflection of pastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Etymology 1

From English paste, from Middle French (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

pasta

1. dental filling

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pasta, borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Noun

pasta

1. pasta
   1. dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating
   2. a dish or serving of pasta
   3. a type of pasta

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f

1. (Luserna) pasta

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pasta f

1. paste

Declension

Declension of pasta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	pastě	pastám
accusative	pastu	pasty
vocative	pasto	pasty
locative	pastě	pastách
instrumental	pastou	pastami

Derived terms

• zubní pasta

 

Further reading

• pasta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pasta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pasta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰæsd̥æ], [ˈpʰæstæ]

Noun

pasta c (singular definite pastaen, plural indefinite pastaer)

1. pasta (food)
2. paste

Declension

Declension of pasta

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pasta	pastaen	pastaer	pastaerne
genitive	pastas	pastaens	pastaers	pastaernes

Derived terms

• fuldkornspasta
• pastadej
• pastafabrik
• pastafabrikant
• pastaform
• pastakogebog
• pastakuvert
• pastamager
• pastaopskrift
• pastaprodukt
• pastaproduktion
• pastaret
• pastarør
• pastasalat
• pastaskrue
• pastastykke
• pastavare
• tandpasta

 

See also

• makaroni
• nudel
• spaghetti

References

• “pasta” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs.taː/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). Displaced paste.

Noun

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. paste [from late 16th c.]
   • 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, part 2, publ. by Martinus Nijhoff (1956), page 147.

     Het eerste noemen die AEgyptenaren assis, 'twelc is poyer van kennep ofte hennep bladeren, met water tot een pasta ofte deegh ghemaect, daer af zy vijf ofte meer stucxkens eten, so groot als castanien, van 't vvelcke de ghene, die sulcks ghegheten hebben, een ure daernae niet anders worden dan of zy droncken waren, met ontsinnigheyt; worden van selfs gelijc oft zy opgetrocken waren, ende haer verschynen vremde ghesichten, daer in zy groote vermakelickheyt hebben.

     The first one the Egyptians call hashish, which is a powder of cannabis or hemp leaves, made into a paste or dough with water, of which they eat five or more pieces as big as chestnuts, from which those who have eaten such, become for an hour thereafter nothing but as if they were drunk, with senselessness; [they] become on their own as if they are in an exalted state, and strange visions appear to them, in which they have great amusement.

Derived terms

• chocoladepasta
• hazelnootpasta
• pastavreter
• tandpasta

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pasta
• → Indonesian: pasta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. pasta [from mid 19th c.]
   • 1866, S. J. van den Bergh, “Een Engelschman onder de roovers”, in De Gids, volume 30, page 334:

     Een groot vuur brandde lustig onder een ketel gevuld met pasta, eene soort van macaroni, waarboven gansche brokken sneeuw werden gesmolten die met een overvloed van warme geitenmelk, ons tot drank verstrekten.

     A large fire burned eagerly under a cauldron filled with pasta, a type of macaroni, above which entire chunks of snow were molten that served us as a beverage [together] with an abundance of warm goat milk.

Derived terms

• pastamachine
• pastasalade
• pastasaus
• pastavorm

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)

1. pasta

Declension

Declension of pasta (singular only)
f1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pasta	pastan
accusative	pastu	pastuna
dative	pastu	pastuni
genitive	pastu	pastunnar

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑstɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pas‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta

1. pasta

Declension

Inflection of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pasta	pastat
genitive		pastan	pastojen
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pasta	pastat
accusative	nom.	pasta	pastat
	gen.	pastan
genitive		pastan	pastojen pastain rare
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
inessive		pastassa	pastoissa
elative		pastasta	pastoista
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
adessive		pastalla	pastoilla
ablative		pastalta	pastoilta
allative		pastalle	pastoille
essive		pastana	pastoina
translative		pastaksi	pastoiksi
abessive		pastatta	pastoitta
instructive		—	pastoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pastani pastani accusative nom. pastani pastani gen. pastani genitive pastani pastojeni pastaini rare partitive pastaani pastojani inessive pastassani pastoissani elative pastastani pastoistani illative pastaani pastoihini adessive pastallani pastoillani ablative pastaltani pastoiltani allative pastalleni pastoilleni essive pastanani pastoinani translative pastakseni pastoikseni abessive pastattani pastoittani instructive — — comitative — pastoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pastasi pastasi accusative nom. pastasi pastasi gen. pastasi genitive pastasi pastojesi pastaisi rare partitive pastaasi pastojasi inessive pastassasi pastoissasi elative pastastasi pastoistasi illative pastaasi pastoihisi adessive pastallasi pastoillasi ablative pastaltasi pastoiltasi allative pastallesi pastoillesi essive pastanasi pastoinasi translative pastaksesi pastoiksesi abessive pastattasi pastoittasi instructive — — comitative — pastoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pastamme pastamme accusative nom. pastamme pastamme gen. pastamme genitive pastamme pastojemme pastaimme rare partitive pastaamme pastojamme inessive pastassamme pastoissamme elative pastastamme pastoistamme illative pastaamme pastoihimme adessive pastallamme pastoillamme ablative pastaltamme pastoiltamme allative pastallemme pastoillemme essive pastanamme pastoinamme translative pastaksemme pastoiksemme abessive pastattamme pastoittamme instructive — — comitative — pastoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pastanne pastanne accusative nom. pastanne pastanne gen. pastanne genitive pastanne pastojenne pastainne rare partitive pastaanne pastojanne inessive pastassanne pastoissanne elative pastastanne pastoistanne illative pastaanne pastoihinne adessive pastallanne pastoillanne ablative pastaltanne pastoiltanne allative pastallenne pastoillenne essive pastananne pastoinanne translative pastaksenne pastoiksenne abessive pastattanne pastoittanne instructive — — comitative — pastoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pastansa pastansa accusative nom. pastansa pastansa gen. pastansa genitive pastansa pastojensa pastainsa rare partitive pastaansa pastojaan pastojansa inessive pastassaan pastassansa pastoissaan pastoissansa elative pastastaan pastastansa pastoistaan pastoistansa illative pastaansa pastoihinsa adessive pastallaan pastallansa pastoillaan pastoillansa ablative pastaltaan pastaltansa pastoiltaan pastoiltansa allative pastalleen pastallensa pastoilleen pastoillensa essive pastanaan pastanansa pastoinaan pastoinansa translative pastakseen pastaksensa pastoikseen pastoiksensa abessive pastattaan pastattansa pastoittaan pastoittansa instructive — — comitative — pastoineen pastoinensa

Derived terms

• pastafarismi

 

compounds

• kuivapasta
• munapasta
• nauhapasta
• pastakone
• pastaruoka
• pastasiivilä
• pastataikina
• pastavuoka
• perhospasta
• putkipasta
• ruispasta
• tuorepasta

 

Etymology 2

From Late Latin pasta.

Noun

pasta

1. paste

Declension

Inflection of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pasta	pastat
genitive		pastan	pastojen
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pasta	pastat
accusative	nom.	pasta	pastat
	gen.	pastan
genitive		pastan	pastojen pastain rare
partitive		pastaa	pastoja
inessive		pastassa	pastoissa
elative		pastasta	pastoista
illative		pastaan	pastoihin
adessive		pastalla	pastoilla
ablative		pastalta	pastoilta
allative		pastalle	pastoille
essive		pastana	pastoina
translative		pastaksi	pastoiksi
abessive		pastatta	pastoitta
instructive		—	pastoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pastani pastani accusative nom. pastani pastani gen. pastani genitive pastani pastojeni pastaini rare partitive pastaani pastojani inessive pastassani pastoissani elative pastastani pastoistani illative pastaani pastoihini adessive pastallani pastoillani ablative pastaltani pastoiltani allative pastalleni pastoilleni essive pastanani pastoinani translative pastakseni pastoikseni abessive pastattani pastoittani instructive — — comitative — pastoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pastasi pastasi accusative nom. pastasi pastasi gen. pastasi genitive pastasi pastojesi pastaisi rare partitive pastaasi pastojasi inessive pastassasi pastoissasi elative pastastasi pastoistasi illative pastaasi pastoihisi adessive pastallasi pastoillasi ablative pastaltasi pastoiltasi allative pastallesi pastoillesi essive pastanasi pastoinasi translative pastaksesi pastoiksesi abessive pastattasi pastoittasi instructive — — comitative — pastoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pastamme pastamme accusative nom. pastamme pastamme gen. pastamme genitive pastamme pastojemme pastaimme rare partitive pastaamme pastojamme inessive pastassamme pastoissamme elative pastastamme pastoistamme illative pastaamme pastoihimme adessive pastallamme pastoillamme ablative pastaltamme pastoiltamme allative pastallemme pastoillemme essive pastanamme pastoinamme translative pastaksemme pastoiksemme abessive pastattamme pastoittamme instructive — — comitative — pastoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pastanne pastanne accusative nom. pastanne pastanne gen. pastanne genitive pastanne pastojenne pastainne rare partitive pastaanne pastojanne inessive pastassanne pastoissanne elative pastastanne pastoistanne illative pastaanne pastoihinne adessive pastallanne pastoillanne ablative pastaltanne pastoiltanne allative pastallenne pastoillenne essive pastananne pastoinanne translative pastaksenne pastoiksenne abessive pastattanne pastoittanne instructive — — comitative — pastoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pastansa pastansa accusative nom. pastansa pastansa gen. pastansa genitive pastansa pastojensa pastainsa rare partitive pastaansa pastojaan pastojansa inessive pastassaan pastassansa pastoissaan pastoissansa elative pastastaan pastastansa pastoistaan pastoistansa illative pastaansa pastoihinsa adessive pastallaan pastallansa pastoillaan pastoillansa ablative pastaltaan pastaltansa pastoiltaan pastoiltansa allative pastalleen pastallensa pastoilleen pastoillensa essive pastanaan pastanansa pastoinaan pastoinansa translative pastakseen pastaksensa pastoikseen pastoiksensa abessive pastattaan pastattansa pastoittaan pastoittansa instructive — — comitative — pastoineen pastoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• juotospasta
• pastajuotos
• sinkkipasta

 

Further reading

• “pasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

Anagrams

• Tapsa, tapas

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpastɐ]

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. paste
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole.

     take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste

2. pasta
3. dough

   Synonym: masa

4. binding, cover of a book

Derived terms

• empastar

References

• “pasta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pasta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pasta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta n (genitive singular pasta, no plural)

1. pasta

Declension

declension of pasta

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pasta	pastað
accusative	pasta	pastað
dative	pasta	pastanu
genitive	pasta	pastans

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pasta (“pasta, paste”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastel.

• The sense of pasta is loaned via Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpas.ta]
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Noun

pasta (first-person possessive pastaku, second-person possessive pastamu, third-person possessive pastanya)

1. paste: a soft moist mixture.
2. pasta:
   1. dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating; a dish or serving of pasta.
   2. a type of pasta.

Derived terms

• berpasta

 

• pasta gigi

 

Related terms

• pastel

 

Further reading

• “pasta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From English pasta, from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠasˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

pasta m (genitive singular pasta)

1. pasta

Declension

Declension of pasta

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative pasta Vocative a phasta Genitive pasta Dative pasta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an pasta Genitive an phasta Dative leis an bpasta don phasta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pasta	phasta	bpasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “pasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t-der.

Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)

Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.

Late Latin pasta

Italian pasta

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.sta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: pà‧sta

Noun

pasta f (plural paste)

1. paste
2. pasta, noodles
3. dough
4. cake, tart
5. texture

Derived terms

• pasta abrasiva
• pasta alimentare
• pasta all'uovo
• pasta asciutta
• pasta brisée
• pasta chimica
• pasta cresciuta
• pasta d'uomo
• pasta da carta
• pasta di alluminio
• pasta di fondo
• pasta di legno
• pasta di mandorle
• pasta di paglia
• pasta di stracci
• pasta di vetro
• pasta dura
• pasta fresca
• pasta frolla
• pasta glutinata
• pasta margherita
• pasta meccanica
• pasta normale
• pastafrolla
• pastasciutta
• pasticca

 

Descendants

• → Afar: bastá
• → Cimbrian: pasta
• → Danish: pasta
• → Dutch: pasta
  • Afrikaans: pasta
  • → Indonesian: pasta
• → English: pasta (see there for further descendants)
• → Faroese: pasta
• → Finnish: pasta
• → Greek: πάστα (pásta)
  • → Romanian: pastă
• → Icelandic: pasta
• → Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
• → Korean: 파스타 (paseuta)
• → Ladin: pasta
• → Mòcheno: pasta
• → Norwegian: pasta
• → Persian: پاستا (pâstâ)
• → Somali: baasto
• → Turkish: pasta
• → West Frisian: pasta

Anagrams

• spata

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá), from παστός (pastós), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

Noun

pasta f (genitive pastae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. paste
2. (New Latin) pasta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pasta	pastae
Genitive	pastae	pastārum
Dative	pastae	pastīs
Accusative	pastam	pastās
Ablative	pastā	pastīs
Vocative	pasta	pastae

Derived terms

• *pastīcius

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pasta (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: pasta
• Padanian:
  • Venetian: pasta
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: paste
    • Middle French: paste
      • French: pâte
    • → Middle English: paste
      • English: paste
        • → Cebuano: pasta
      • Scots: paste, paist
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: pasta
  • Occitan: pasta
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: pasta
  • Portuguese: pasta
  • Spanish: pasta

Unsorted borrowings (many or all via French/Italian):

• → Belarusian: паста (pasta)
• → Czech: pasta
• → Dutch: pasta
  • Afrikaans: pasta
  • → Indonesian: pasta
• → Finnish: pasta
• → German: Paste
  • → Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
• → Hungarian: paszta
• → Macedonian: паста (pasta)
• → Polish: pasta
• → Russian: паста (pasta)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pasta / паста
• → Slovak: pasta
• → Ukrainian: паста (pasta)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• pāsta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.ta/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ä]
• pāsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]
• pāstā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.taː/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪äː]
• pāstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

Participle

pāsta

1. inflection of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”):
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pāstā

1. ablative feminine singular of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”)

References

• "pasta", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pasta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pasta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1123.
• pasta in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1502

Latvian

Noun

pasta m

1. genitive singular of pasts

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f

1. pasta

References

• “pasta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived terms

• (sense 2) tannpasta

References

• “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived terms

• (sense 2) tannpasta

References

• “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: pas‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f

1. paste (soft mixture)
2. Italian pasta

Declension

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	paście	pastom
accusative	pastę	pasty
instrumental	pastą	pastami
locative	paście	pastach
vocative	pasto	pasty

Derived terms

nouns

• pasta do butów
• pasta do zębów
• pasta kanapkowa
• pasta ścierna
• pasta termoprzewodząca

 

verb

• pastować impf

 

Etymology 2

Clipping of copypasta.

Noun

pasta f

1. (Internet slang) copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else)

   Synonym: copypasta

Declension

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	paście	pastom
accusative	pastę	pasty
instrumental	pastą	pastami
locative	paście	pastach
vocative	pasto	pasty

Further reading

• pasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)

   Synonym: massa

2. paste

   Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente. ― I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.

3. folder (organizer)
4. (computing) folder (container of computer files)

   Synonym: diretório

5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)

   Synonym: maleta

6. (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

Derived terms

• pasta dentífrica, pasta dos dentes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pasta

1. inflection of pastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. paste
2. pasta
3. dough

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâsta/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Noun

pȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

1. paste, polish

   pasta za zube ― toothpaste

   pasta za cipele ― shoe polish

Declension

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pȁsta	paste
genitive	paste	pȃstā / pȃstī
dative	pasti	pastama
accusative	pastu	paste
vocative	pasto	paste
locative	pasti	pastama
instrumental	pastom	pastama

Derived terms

• pasta za zube
• pasta za cipele

Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
• Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

Noun

pasta f

1. pasta
2. dough

Derived terms

• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• sculapasta

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasta]

Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pasty, nominative plural pasty, genitive plural pást, declension pattern of žena)

1. paste

Declension

Declension of pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	pást
dative	paste	pastám
accusative	pastu	pasty
locative	paste	pastách
instrumental	pastou	pastami

Derived terms

• pastička
• pastový

Further reading

• “pasta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: pas‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. pasta
2. paste, dough
3. biscuit
4. (Spain, slang) money, dough

   Synonyms: (Latin America) plata, lana, dinero

   • 2006, Irvine Welsh, Federico Corriente Basús transl., Porno, Anagrama (→ISBN)

     No está tan engreído como de costumbre; parece bien jodido. «No lo entiendo, Spud. Pensé que me quedaba mucha pasta para las vacaciones; tenía previsto llevarme a mi hija por ahí. […]»

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (slang) Ellipsis of pasta de cocaína (“cocaine paste”).
6. Ellipsis of pasta de dientes (“toothpaste”).

Derived terms

• pasta base
• pasta de dientes
• pasta de papel
• pasta de té (“tea-cake”)
• pasta para untar (“spread”) (culinary)

 

Related terms

• pastar
• pasto
• pastor

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pasta

1. inflection of pastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pasta c

1. pasta

   koka pasta

   cook [boil, literally] pasta

2. paste

Declension

Declension of pasta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pasta	pastan	pastor	pastorna
Genitive	pastas	pastans	pastors	pastornas

Derived terms

• currypasta (“curry paste”)
• sockerpasta (“sugar paste”)

See also

• spaghetti
• makaroner
• ketchup
• köttfärssås
• nudel

References

• pasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاسته (pasta, “pasta”), borrowed from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑs.tɑ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

pasta (definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)

1. (cooking) cake

   Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi. ― The birthday cake was very nice.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	pasta
Definite accusative	pastayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pasta	pastalar
Definite accusative	pastayı	pastaları
Dative	pastaya	pastalara
Locative	pastada	pastalarda
Ablative	pastadan	pastalardan
Genitive	pastanın	pastaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular pastam pastalarım 2nd singular pastan pastaların 3rd singular pastası pastaları 1st plural pastamız pastalarımız 2nd plural pastanız pastalarınız 3rd plural pastaları pastaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular pastamı pastalarımı 2nd singular pastanı pastalarını 3rd singular pastasını pastalarını 1st plural pastamızı pastalarımızı 2nd plural pastanızı pastalarınızı 3rd plural pastalarını pastalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular pastama pastalarıma 2nd singular pastana pastalarına 3rd singular pastasına pastalarına 1st plural pastamıza pastalarımıza 2nd plural pastanıza pastalarınıza 3rd plural pastalarına pastalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular pastamda pastalarımda 2nd singular pastanda pastalarında 3rd singular pastasında pastalarında 1st plural pastamızda pastalarımızda 2nd plural pastanızda pastalarınızda 3rd plural pastalarında pastalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular pastamdan pastalarımdan 2nd singular pastandan pastalarından 3rd singular pastasından pastalarından 1st plural pastamızdan pastalarımızdan 2nd plural pastanızdan pastalarınızdan 3rd plural pastalarından pastalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular pastamın pastalarımın 2nd singular pastanın pastalarının 3rd singular pastasının pastalarının 1st plural pastamızın pastalarımızın 2nd plural pastanızın pastalarınızın 3rd plural pastalarının pastalarının

See also

• kek

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پاسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 433

Welsh

Etymology

From English pasta, from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰasta]

Noun

pasta m (uncountable)

1. pasta

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pasta	basta	mhasta	phasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pasta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch pasta, from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta c (plural pasta's)

1. pasta