confetti
(noun) small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confetti (uncountable)
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
(rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding.
• Very rarely, a single piece of confetti may be called a confetto, as in Italian.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fet"ti, n. pl.; sing. -fetto. [It. Cf. Comfit.]
Definition: Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 December 2024
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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