confetto

Italian confetto.

confetto (plural confetti)

1. (rare) A single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
   • 1931, Mark Lemon, ‎Henry Mayhew, ‎Tom Taylor, Punch, volume 181, page 260:

     I cast a confetto or two at the happy pair.

   • 1993, Outerbridge, page 49:

     She fluttered her hand at a confetto of cigarette ash, knocking it from her black soft sweater to the thigh of her black jeans where it lay unmolested.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:confetto.

From Latin cōnfectus.

confetto m (plural confetti)

1. sugar-coated almond
2. (by extension) a pellet of plaster, piece of paper, etc symbolizing such an almond, thrown during carnevale (“Carnival”) or other festivities
3. sugar-coated pill

confetto

1. first-person singular present indicative of confettare