bucatini

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/ˌbuːkəˈtiːni/

noun

A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

Similar
perciatelli
OriginItalian bucatini →
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Meanings

nounbucatini (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

    You could make this with spaghetti or linguine or other types of long skinny pasta, but bucatini are what's used in Rome.

    2012, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 197

    Synonyms: perciatelli

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

Similar
perciatelli
Also see
perciatelli

Origin

  1. Italianbucatini
  2. Englishbucatini

From Italian bucatini, diminutive of buco (“hole”).

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Translations

Italian bucatini
  • bucatinitype of pasta
Japanese ブカティーニ
  • ブカティーニ (bukatīni)type of pasta
Korean 부카티니
  • 부카티니 (bukatini)type of pasta
Russian букати́ни
  • букати́ни (bukatíni)type of pasta

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bucatini

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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