Meanings
- uncountableA type of pasta consisting of four narrow outer tubes arranged around a single large central tube.
Origin
- Italiancinque buchi
- Englishcinque buchi
Borrowed from Italian cinque buchi (literally “five holes”).
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cinque buchi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinque%20buchi
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