fettuccini
Definition
Noun 1. A type of pasta: Fettuccini refers to a specific variety of Italian pasta. It is characterized by its shape: flat, ribbon-like strips. These strips are notably wider than those of linguine, another type of long, thin pasta.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- For dinner, we had homemade fettuccini with a creamy Alfredo sauce.
- The recipe calls for 250 grams of dried fettuccini.
- She prefers fettuccini to spaghetti because the wider noodles hold more sauce.
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in the context of specific, classic Italian dishes, most famously .
- While "fettuccini" is a common spelling in English, the standard Italian spelling is "fettuccine". Both refer to the same pasta.
Variants and Related Words
- Fettuccine (n): The Italian spelling of the same pasta.
- Tagliatelle (n): A very similar type of ribbon pasta from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; it is essentially the same as fettuccini.
- Linguine (n): A type of pasta that is also long and thin, but in the form of flattened spaghetti, narrower than fettuccini.
Synonyms
- Pasta (n): The general category of Italian food made from dough. (Fettuccini is a specific type of pasta.)
- Noodles (n): A more general term for strips of dough, often used in various cuisines. (Note: "Fettuccini" is specifically an Italian pasta shape.)
Noun
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pasta in flat strips wider than linguine
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