con·fet·ti

(kən-fĕt′ē)

pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are scattered around during the course of festive occasions: Confetti covers the floor every year on January 1.

[Italian, pl. of confetto, candy (from the Italian custom of throwing candy on festive occasions ), from Medieval Latin cōnfectum, from neuter of Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, to prepare; see comfit.]

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confetti

(kənˈfɛtɪ)

small pieces of coloured paper thrown on festive occasions, esp at the bride and groom at weddings

[C19: from Italian, plural of confetto, originally, a bonbon; see comfit]

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con•fet•ti

(kənˈfɛt i)

n.

1. (used with a sing. v.) small bits of paper, usu. colored, thrown or dropped from a height at festive events, as parades.

2. candies; bonbons.

[1805–15; < Italian, pl. of confetto comfit]

confetti

- It is the plural of Italian confetto, "small sweet," as it was originally real or imitation bon-bons thrown during a carnival or after a wedding.

confetti

[kənˈfetiː] N → confeti m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

confetti

[kənˈfɛti] n → confettis mpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

confetti

n no pl → Konfetti nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

confetti

[kənˈfɛtiː] n → coriandoli mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

confetti

(kənˈfeti) noun

small pieces of coloured paper thrown in celebration at weddings etc.

confetti

→ قُصَاصَات وَرَقِيَّة konfety konfetti Konfetti χαρτοπόλεμος confeti konfetti confettis konfeti coriandoli 紙吹雪 색종이 조각 confetti konfetti konfetti confete, confetti конфетти konfetti เศษกระดาษสีสันที่ใช้โปรยในงานแต่งงาน konfeti hoa giấy confetti 五彩纸屑

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The Kenworthy diamonds were taken in broad daylight, during the excitement of a charitable meeting on the ground floor, and the gifts of her belted bridegroom to Lady May Paulton while the outer air was thick with a prismatic shower of confetti. It was obvious that all this was the work of no ordinary thief, and perhaps inevitable that the name of Raffles should have been dragged from oblivion by callous disrespecters of the departed and unreasoning apologists for the police.

"If this isn't that tiara that Lady May was married in," said Raffles, "and that disappeared out of the room she changed in, while it rained confetti on the steps, I'll present it to her instead of the one she lost.

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"As you left the choice of your costumes to me," said the count to the two friends, "I have had these brought, as they will be the most worn this year; and they are most suitable, on account of the confetti (sweetmeats), as they do not show the flour."

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