spaghetti western

spa·ghet·ti west·ern

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spuh-get-ee wes-tern]
- /spəˈgɛt i ˈwɛs tərn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spuh-get-ee wes-tern]
- /spəˈgɛt i ˈwɛs tərn/

Definitions of spaghetti western words

noun spaghetti western a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star. 1
countable noun spaghetti western A spaghetti western is a film made in Europe, usually by an Italian director, about life in the American Wild West. 0
noun spaghetti western a cowboy film about the American West made, esp by an Italian director, in Europe 0
noun spaghetti western a film about cowboys in the western U.S., produced by the Italian film industry 0

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Origin of spaghetti western

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Spaghetti western

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spaghetti western popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for spaghetti western

noun spaghetti western

horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
oater — a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.

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