lasagna

Alternative forms

 * (this form is the one typically used in British English)

Etymology
From (and its plural ), possibly from, from , from. Others argue the originally derived from the.

Noun

 * 1) A flat sheet of pasta.
 * 2) An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).
 * 3)  A combination or layering of things.
 * 1)  A combination or layering of things.

Usage notes

 * In Italian, lasagna refers to one flat sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction may also be observed in English, but only rarely in American English.
 * At any rate, lasagne and lasagna are homophones in most accents, so this would only be a written distinction.
 * When the dish is referred to as lasagne (rather than lasagna), lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Estonian: lasanjeplaat
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: lasagna lap
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ラザニエ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lasagneplate
 * Nynorsk: lasagneplate
 * Persian: لازانیا
 * Polish:, lazanie,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: lasagneplatta
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: لَازَانْيَا
 * Armenian: լազանյա
 * Bulgarian: лазаня
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 意大利千層麵,, 烤寬麵條
 * Czech:, lazaně
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: lazanjo, lasanjoj
 * Estonian: lasanje
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: lasanja, lasagna
 * Interlingua: lasagna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ラザーニャ
 * Korean: 라자냐
 * Ladino: tayarine
 * Lithuanian: lazanija
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lasagne
 * Nynorsk: lasagne
 * Persian: لازانیا
 * Polish:, lazanie,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ลาซัญญา
 * Turkish:

Etymology
Possibly from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a food made of flat sheets of pasta alternated with condiments
 * 2)  a dish of