different between lasagne vs gravy

English

Etymology

From Italian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??zæn.j?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l??z?n.j?/, /l??z?n.j?/
• Hyphenation: la?sa?gne

Noun

lasagne (countable and uncountable, plural lasagnas or lasagnes)

1. plural of lasagna
2. (uncommon, possibly nonstandard) Synonym of lasagna

Usage notes

See the usage notes at lasagna.

Translations

Anagrams

• alnages, anlages, galenas, lagenas

Danish

Etymology

From Italian lasagne, plural of lasagna (“flat sheet of pasta”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lasanj?/, [la?sanj?]

Noun

lasagne c (singular definite lasagnen, not used in plural form)

1. lasagna, lasagne (an Italian baked dish) [from 1975]

Related terms

• lasagneplade

Further reading

• “lasagne” in Den Danske Ordbog
• lasagne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Etymology

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?s?nje/, [?l?s??nje?]
• IPA^(key): /?l?s??ne/, [?l?s???ne?] (spelling pronunciation)
• Syllabification: la?sag?ne

Noun

lasagne

1. lasagna

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lasagna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.za?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

lasagne f (plural lasagnes)

1. lasagna

Further reading

• “lasagne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• agnelas

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?za??e/, /la?sa??e/
• Hyphenation: la?sà?gne

Noun

lasagne f pl

1. plural of lasagna

   Synonym: lagane

Related terms

• lasagnolo
• lasagnone

Anagrams

• segnala

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian lasagne

Noun

lasagne m (definite singular lasagnen, indefinite plural lasagner, definite plural lasagnene)

1. lasagna (baked dish)

References

• “lasagne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian lasagne

Noun

lasagne m (definite singular lasagnen, indefinite plural lasagnar, definite plural lasagnane)

1. lasagna (baked dish)

Polish

Alternative forms

• lazanie
• lazania (informally)

Etymology

From Italian lasagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?za.??/, /la?za?.j?/

Noun

lasagne pl (indeclinable)

1. lasagna

Further reading

• lasagne in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lasagne in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian lasagne, plural of lasagna (“flat sheet of pasta”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?sanj/

Noun

lasagne c

1. lasagna

Declension

Related terms

• lasagneplatta

English

Etymology

From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), from Old French grave, apparently a misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). See also greaves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?vi/
• Rhymes: -e?vi

Noun

gravy (usually uncountable, plural gravies)

1. (countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
   1. (Britain, Canada) A dark savoury sauce prepared from stock and usually meat juices; brown gravy.

   2. (Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce

2. (uncountable, Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
3. (uncountable, India, Singapore) Curry sauce.
   • 1879, The Sunday at Home, Volume 26, page 342:

     With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person.

   • 1906, Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, "Pa Senik and his Son-in-Law Awang", Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, page 59-60:

     Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up.

   • 1992, Khamm?n Khonkhai, The Teachers of Mad Dog Swamp

     This is strained with a piece of cloth or a strainer and the green liquid forms the gravy of the curry.

   • 2007, Geok Boi Lee, Classic Asian Noodles, Marshall Cavendish ?ISBN, page 158

     Return flaked fish to curry gravy and bring to the boil.

4. (uncountable, informal) Unearned gain.
5. (uncountable, informal) Extra benefit.

   The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gravy.

Derived terms

• good gravy
• gravy boat
• gravy train

Descendants

• ? Welsh: grefi

Translations

See also

• sauce
• brown sauce

References

• gravy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Noun

gravy

1. Alternative form of gravey

Spanish

Noun

gravy m (uncountable)

1. gravy