confetti
Meaning of confetti
noun
small pieces of coloured paper traditionally thrown over a bride and bridegroom by their wedding guests after the marriage ceremony has taken place.
early 19th century (originally denoting the real or imitation sweets thrown during Italian carnivals): from Italian, literally ‘sweets’, from Latin confectum ‘something prepared’, neuter past participle of conficere ‘put together’ (see confect).
Information about confetti
Hyphenation of confetti
con-fetti
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- confetti is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of confetti
- German: Konfetti
- French: confetti
- Spanish: confeti, papelillo, chaya
- Italian: coriandoli
- Portuguese: confete
Words that rhyme with confetti
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