spaghetti western

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

Noun

spaghetti western (plural spaghetti westerns)

  1. (film) A motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy, and depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.
    A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
    Synonym: Italo-western
    Hypernyms: Eurowestern, western, movie, film

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from spaghetti (in turn borrowed from Italian) + western.

Noun

spaghetti western m (invariable)

  1. (film) spaghetti western, Italo-western (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company)
    Synonym: western all'italiana
    Hypernyms: western, film, pellicola
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