alfredo

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US/ælˈfɹedoʊ/

noun

The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.

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Meanings

alfredo1

nounalfredo (countable and uncountable, plural alfredos)

plural alfredos

  1. alternativecountableuncountablecookingAlternative spelling of Alfredo.

    Two days after kicking three field goals against the New Orleans Saints to help the Bears reach Super Bowl XLI, Gould was standing over a gas stove, stirring the alfredo sauce that was simmering in a pot.

    2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, in The New York Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015

Alfredo2

nounAlfredo (countable and uncountable, plural Alfredos)

plural Alfredos · alternative alfredo

  1. countableuncountablenoun adjunctcookingThe sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.
  2. countableuncountableAny dish of this type.
proper noun

alternative alfredo

  1. A male given name from Italian.

Origin

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

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Translations

Arabic ألفريدو
  • ألفريدوsauce made from butter and Parmesan
Japanese アルフレド
  • アルフレド (arufuredo)sauce made from butter and Parmesan
Korean 알프레도
  • 알프레도 (alpeuredo)sauce made from butter and Parmesan
Portuguese molho Alfredo
  • molho Alfredosauce made from butter and Parmesan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

alfredo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfredo

MLA

“alfredo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfredo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alfredo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfredo.

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