# lasagne

Pronunciation: US say "luh-ZAN-yuh" /ləˈzæn.jə/; UK say "luh-ZAH-nyuh" /ləˈzɑː.njə/

## Noun

1. British English spelling of lasagna, the oven-baked Italian dish of flat pasta sheets layered with meat, sauce, and cheese.
   - Simple: British English spelling of lasagna, a baked dish of flat pasta layered with sauce and cheese.
   - _At the village fête, trays of lasagne sold out before noon._
   - _He layered the spinach lasagne carefully so each portion held together when cut._
2. Plural of lasagna, following Italian. Rare in American English, which uses lasagnas. — plural of lasagna
   - Simple: Plural of lasagna. This plural is rare in American English, where lasagnas is usual.
   - _The caterers prepared three large lasagne for the wedding reception._
   - _Restaurant cooks often assemble dozens of lasagne ahead of a busy weekend._

## Origin

Borrowed from Italian.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lasagne (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).