confetti

noun

con·​fet·​ti kən-ˈfe-tē 

: small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)

Examples of confetti in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The air churns with oversize snowflakes swirling like confetti in a winter storm party, obscuring everything beyond a few feet ahead. —Anna Commander, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Fierce winds grounded helicopters and other aircraft during the crucial early hours after several blazes started, exploding their size and spreading embers like flaming confetti for miles around. —Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025

More than 3,000 pounds of confetti will also be dropped at midnight to mark the New Year. —Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024

The answer is to restore some semblance of address security and not give away real email addresses like confetti—a situation made worse given email address are often a primary user credential alongside passwords to log into sites and services. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian, plural of confetto sweetmeat, from Medieval Latin confectum, from Latin, neuter of confectus, past participle of conficere to prepare — more at comfit

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing confetti

• Irish confetti

Kids Definition

confetti

noun

con·​fet·​ti kən-ˈfet-ē 

: small bits of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)

Etymology

from Italian confetti, plural of confetto "a little candy or bonbon"; so named because the paper bits were originally imitations of the candies thrown at festivals