# lasagna

> English word · Noun · IPA /ləˈzɑː.njə/ · frequency rank #24,814

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`alsagna`, `laasgna`, `lasagan`, `lasaggna`, `lasagnna`, `lasanga`, `lasgana`, `lassagna`, `llasagna`, `lsaagna`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lasagna