linguine

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UK/lɪŋˈɡwiːnɪ/US/lɪŋˈɡwini/

noun

Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.

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linguini
OriginItalian linguine →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nounlinguine (usually uncountable, plural linguines)

plural linguines · alternative linguini

  1. uncountableusuallyRibbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpasta in long slender flat strips

Similar
linguini
Broader
pastaalimentary paste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianlinguine
  2. Englishlinguine

Borrowed from Italian linguine (literally “little tongues”), from lingua (“tongue”).

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Translations

Arabic لِنْقْوِينِي
  • لِنْقْوِينِي (linqwīnī)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Bulgarian лингуи́ни
  • лингуи́ни (linguíni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Chinese Cantonese 扁意粉
  • 扁意粉ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Chinese Mandarin 細扁麵條 /细扁面条
  • 細扁麵條 /细扁面条ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Esperanto langetoj
  • langetojribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
French linguine
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
German Linguine, Linguini
  • Linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • Linguiniribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Greek λιγκουίνι, λινγκουίνι
  • λιγκουίνι (ligkouíni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • λινγκουίνι (lingkouíni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Hebrew לִינְגּוִינִי, לִינְגּוִינֶה
  • לִינְגּוִינִי (lingvíni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • לִינְגּוִינֶה (lingvíne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Italian linguine
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese リングイネ, リングイーネ
  • リングイネ (ringuine)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • リングイーネ (ringuīne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • リングィーネ (ringwīne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • リングイーニ (ringuīni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • リングィーニ (ringwīni)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Korean 링귀네
  • 링귀네 (ringgwine)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Norwegian Bokmål linguine
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Persian لینگوئینی
  • لینگوئینی (lingwini)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Polish linguine
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Russian лингуи́не
  • лингуи́не (linguíne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Spanish linguine, linguini
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • linguiniribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • linguinisribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • lingüinisribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Swedish linguine
  • linguineribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Ukrainian лінгуї́не, лінґуї́не
  • лінгуї́не (linhujíne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
  • лінґуї́не (lingujíne)ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with linguine

bikinimartinibeanieLamborghiniSweeneygenieSantorinizucchiniteenyGiniFeeneypyreneSelenetankiniqueeniemonokiniwahinefettuccineskenecrostiniCyrenebandiniweenydamascene
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Cite this entry
APA

linguine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguine

MLA

“linguine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linguine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguine.

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