When the city was liberated, people lined the streets throwing confetti.
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Confetti
//kənˈfɛ.ti//
Synonyms for "confetti" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
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Related words (16)
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1 entriesat location
10 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
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3 entriesnot has_property
1 entriesreceives action
3 entriesrelated to
2 entriesused for
9 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نِثَار noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 五彩紙屑 /五彩纸屑 noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Danish
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Dutch
1 entries- confetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Finnish
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
French
1 entries- confetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Galician
1 entries- confeti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
German
1 entries- Konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Greek
2 entries- κομφετί noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
- χαρτοπόλεμος noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Hindi
1 entries- कन्फ़ेटी noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Hungarian
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Ido
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Indonesian
1 entries- konfeti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Italian
1 entries- coriandoli noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Japanese
1 entries- 紙吹雪 noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Korean
1 entries- 색종이 조각 noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Portuguese
1 entries- confete noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Russian
1 entries- конфетти́ noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- конфете noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Spanish
4 entries- chaya noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
- confeti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
- mistura noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
- papelillo noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Swedish
1 entries- konfetti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Tagalog
1 entries- kumpitis noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Thai
1 entries- ลูกปา noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Turkish
1 entries- konfeti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Ukrainian
1 entries- конфеті́ noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Vietnamese
2 entries- công-phét-ti noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
- hoa giấy noun (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
She showered him with confetti.
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Tom and Mary showered John with confetti.
Source: tatoeba (2955831)
The guests threw confetti at the newlyweds.
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