la·sa·gna

(lə-zän′yə)

1. also la·sa·gne (lə-zän′yə) Pasta in flat, very wide strips.

2. A dish made by baking such pasta with layers of sauce and fillings such as cheese or meat.

[Italian, a flat, wide piece of pasta, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, dish cooked in a vessel like a chamber pot, noodle dish (perhaps influenced by Latin laganum, thin flat sheet of dough), from Latin lasanum, chamber pot, from Greek lasanon, tripod, chamber pot, of unknown origin.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lasagne

(ləˈzænjə; -ˈsæn-) or

lasagna

1. (Cookery) a form of pasta consisting of wide flat sheets

2. (Cookery) any of several dishes made from layers of lasagne and meat, cheese, etc

[from Italian lasagna, from Latin lasanum cooking pot]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	lasagne - baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables lasagna pasta - a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
	2.	lasagne - very wide flat strips of pasta lasagna alimentary paste, pasta - shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

Translations

lasagne

[ləˈsænjə ləˈzænjə] n → lasagne f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lasagne

, lasagna

n → Lasagne pl

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

lasagne

[ləˈzænja] n → lasagne fpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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