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Definition: Confetti |
ConfettiNoun1. Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Confetti \Con*fet"ti\, noun. plural; sing. -fetto. [Italian Compare to Comfit.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of confetti obstructing your view in a crowd of merry-makers, denotes that you will lose much by first seeking enjoyment, and later fulfil tasks set by duty. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Crosswords: Confetti |
| Specialty definitions using "confetti": computer confetti. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Confetti" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (confetti), Swedish (confetti). |
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Screenplays | There must be confetti all over the Library of Congress. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) | |
Lyrics | And when he step on toss the confetti (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) Hands in the air waiting for confetti to rain (Will2K; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Confetti (1927) The Confetti Dance (1898) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Man with confetti perched on letter A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Confetti" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 62.30% of the time. "Confetti" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 62.3% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (singular) | 34.43% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "confetti": computer confetti. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "confetti": confetti-gunge, confetti-like. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "confetti"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konfeti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قصاصات ورق ملون, حلويات (candy, confectionery, confections, pastry, sweetmeats), حلوى (candy, confection, dessert, fudge, goody, sweet, sweetmeat, taffy), رقائق ورقية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | конфети. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | konfety. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نقل (Drop, Story, Transfer), کاغذرنگی برای تزءین درجشنها, شیرینی (Amiability, Bonbon, Confection, Cookie, Cooky, Goody, Pastry, Sugar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | serpentiinit (streamers, ticker-tape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | confettis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konfetti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κονφετί, κομφετί, χαρτοπόλεμοσ (paper war). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פתיתי יר סס'ו ים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | konfetti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coriandoli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 金米糖 , 金平糖 (candy), 紙吹雪 (ticker tape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かみふぶき (ticker tape), ""ぺいとう (candy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | confetti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onfetticay confete, confeitos. (various references) confeti. (various references) конфетти. (various references) konfete. (various references) chizhozho (confetti tree). (various references) confeti. (various references) confetti, konfetti. (various references) konfeti. (various references) конфетті. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Confetti" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canette, Cannetti, confeti, Confetty, Connett, convette, Molfetta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "confetti" (pronounced kunfe"tē) |
| 3 | -e" t ē | Cappelletti, jetty, netty, petit, petti, petty, spaghetti, sweaty. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: tonetic. | |
-2 letters: confit, infect, noetic, notice. | |
-3 letters: cento, conte, feint, octet, often, ontic, tinct, tonic. | |
-4 letters: cent, cine, cion, cite, coft, coif, coin, cone, coni, cote, etic, fice, fico, fine, fino, foci, foin, font, icon, info, into, neif, nett, nice, nite, note, once, otic, tent, tine, tint, toft, toit, tone, tote. | |
-5 letters: con, cot, eft. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: fianchetto. | |
+3 letters: affectation, confutative, counterfeit, fianchettos, fractionate, metafiction, pontificate, tumefaction. | |
+4 letters: affectations, affectionate, counterfeits, effectuation, fantasticoes, felicitation, fianchettoed, fractionated, fractionates, metafictions, petrifaction, pontificated, pontificates, putrefaction, stupefaction, transfection, tumefactions. | |
+5 letters: abortifacient, acetification, autoinfection, beatification, certification, confraternity, counterfeited, counterfeiter, effectuations, felicitations, fianchettoing, metafictional, perfectionist, petrifactions, petrification, postinfection, putrefactions, rectification, retroflection, stupefactions, transfections. | |
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