confetti

English

Etymology

Italian confetto meaning "confection"

Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /kʌnˈfɛti/
  • X-SAMPA: /kVn"fEti/
• Rhymes: -ɛti

Noun

confetti (uncountable)

1. Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings

Translations

small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions

• Danish: konfetti (da) c and n
• Dutch: confetti (nl) m
• Finnish: konfetti (fi)
• French: confetti (fr) m
• German: Konfetti (de) n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konfetti (no) m

  Nynorsk: konfetti (no) m

• Russian: конфетти (ru) (konfettí) n (indeclinable)
• Spanish: confeti (es) m, papel picado (es) m

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French

Noun

confetti m (plural confettis)

1. (chiefly in the plural) confetti

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Italian

Noun

confetti m

1. Plural form of confetto

Verb

confetti

1. second-person singular present indicative of confettare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of confettare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of confettare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of confettare
5. third-person singular imperative of confettare

Anagrams

• confitte