linguine

or lin·gui·ni

[ ling-gwee-nee ]
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nounItalian Cooking.
  1. a type of pasta in long, slender, nearly flat strips that have a slight curvature along their length.: Compare fettuccine.

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Origin of linguine

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First recorded in 1945–50; from Italian, plural of linguina, diminutive of lingua “tongue;” see -ine1

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British Dictionary definitions for linguine

linguine

linguini

/ (lɪŋˈɡwiːnɪ) /


noun
  1. a kind of pasta in the shape of thin flat strands

Origin of linguine

1
from Italian: small tongues

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