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

Also included in the coffee giant's summer menu, which launched on May 12, is the Unicorn Cake Pop, a vanilla cake shaped into a unicorn head mixed with confetti sprinkles and dipped in white chocolate icing. —Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

At center court, as confetti was falling from the roof, the entire team was on a makeshift stage. —James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Although Nilsson would likely disagree, her work affirms that all of us are drifting toward oblivion, with the best days of our lives like so much confetti in the wind. —Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Photos published on Sunday, May 31, show the happy couple in their wedding finery, leaving Old Marylebone Town Hall hand in hand a day earlier and being pelted with confetti. —Kim Willis, USA Today, 31 May 2026

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

1895, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing confetti

• Irish confetti

Rhymes for confetti

• libretti
• spaghetti
• betty
• chetty
• jetty
• petit
• sweaty
• yeti
• spermaceti

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