linguine

or lin·gui·ni

[ ling-gwee-nee ]
/ lɪŋˈgwi ni /

noun Italian Cookery.

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

Origin of linguine

1945–50; < Italian, plural of linguina, diminutive of lingua tongue; see -ine1

Words nearby linguine

lingual vein, linguaphile, linguatula, linguatuliasis, linguiform, linguine, linguist, linguistic, linguistic analysis, linguistic area, linguistic atlas

British Dictionary definitions for linguini

linguine

linguini

/ (lɪŋˈɡwiːnɪ) /

noun

a kind of pasta in the shape of thin flat strands

Word Origin for linguine

from Italian: small tongues