Phrase guide

pasta salad

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A salad prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a salad having any of various pastas as the base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: salad

Narrower terms: macaroni salad

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: pastasalat — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Finnish: pastasalaatti — A dish prepared with pasta
  • German: Nudelsalat — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Italian: insalata di pasta — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Italian: pasta fredda — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Japanese: パスタサラダ — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Korean: 파스타 샐러드 (paseuta saelleodeu) — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Swedish: pastasallad — A dish prepared with pasta
  • Yiddish: פּאַסטאַ־סאַלאַט (pasta-salat) — A dish prepared with pasta