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# confetti

noun (confetti — uncountable)

«confetti» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tiny pieces of coloured paper thrown into the air at weddings, parties and parades. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#m1)
2. Anything that falls or lies about in many tiny bright bits, like confetti: «a confetti of petals». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#m2)
3. Small sugar sweets or sprinkles used to decorate cakes (sometimes called «confetti sprinkles»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in stories about weddings, birthdays, sports wins and New Year parties; it tells the reader the scene is happy and noisy. In school, art lessons use paper confetti for collage; science teachers warn that plastic or glitter confetti harms nature, so many places now use paper or dried-petal confetti. Phrases: «throw confetti», «a confetti cannon», «covered in confetti», «confetti everywhere».

### Examples

- The guests threw confetti over the bride and groom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x1)
- There was confetti in my hair for days after the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x2)
- The winning team was showered with confetti on the stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x3)
- We made confetti with a hole punch and old magazines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x4)
- The church asks people to use only paper confetti. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x5)
- Mum sighed when she saw the confetti all over the carpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x6)
- Autumn leaves fell like confetti in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x7)
- The cupcakes were topped with rainbow confetti sprinkles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: say «some confetti», «a handful of confetti», never «a confetti» or «confettis». It takes a singular verb: «The confetti was everywhere». It comes from Italian, where the word first meant small sweets thrown at carnivals. Glitter is not the same as confetti: glitter is tiny shiny plastic bits.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confetti» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confetti/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confetti» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confetti.html) on Mova free.