confetti
noun/kənˈfeti/
/kənˈfeti/
[uncountable]- small pieces of coloured paper that people often throw at weddings over people who have just been married, or (in the US) at other special events
- Confetti showered down on the newly-weds.
- The winning team was showered with confetti.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of confetti- shower
- shower (somebody with)
- throw
- fall
Word Originearly 19th cent. (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’, from con- ‘together’ + facere ‘make’.Want to learn more?
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