fettuccine

American

[fet-uh-chee-nee, fet-toot-chee-ne] / ˌfɛt əˈtʃi ni, ˌfɛt tutˈtʃi nɛ /

Or fettuccini

noun

Italian Cooking.

a type of pasta in long, wide, flat strips.

Usage

See zucchini.

Etymology

Origin of fettuccine

First recorded in 1910–15; from Italian, plural of fettuccina, diminutive of fettuccia, diminutive of fetta “slice, ribbon,” from offetta (unattested), Latin off(a) “flour cake, lump of food” + Italian -etta diminutive suffix ( -ette )

Example Sentences

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Barkeepers Ben Smith and Austin Polley took over the former Speckled & Drake space and upped their food game, adding an affordable fresh pasta menu with spaghetti aglio e olio, black pepper fettuccine and more.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Family-owned Continental, which sells fettuccine and ravioli to Whole Foods and the general public, is also paying more for tomatoes used in sauce after crop setbacks in Spain and India.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023

If it’s not available, tagliatelle is the best substitute, followed by fettuccine.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Whether you're resting meat, toasting bread or portioning homemade fettuccine, a sheet tray is a convenient landing pad for whatever you're working on.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

It looked like the newsreels of Hitler and the Italian one with the name that sounds like fettuccine.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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