/leuh zahn"yeuh, lah-/ , n.
1. large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
2. a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.
Also, lasagne .
[ 1840-50; lasania cooking pot (hence, appar., the contents of the pot), for L lasanum, lasanus chamber pot lásana (pl.), orig., trivet or stand for a pot ]