Meanings
plural rigatonis · singular rigatone
- plural normallyuncountableusuallyA ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.
The large rigatoni are perfect for sopping up the creamy sauce.
2016 July 28 – August 3, Lauren Mifsud, “Chicken riggies”, in The Hippo, volume 15, number 30, Manchester, N.H.: Hippo Press, page 47, column 22 more examples
I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead.
1992, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Hideaway, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 316We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce.
1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 127
Origin
- Italianrigatoni
- Englishrigatoni
From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).
More words from Italian
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Bulgarian ригатони
- ригатони (rigatoni)type of pasta
Italian rigatoni
- rigatonitype of pasta
Japanese リガトーニ
- リガトーニ (rigatōni)type of pasta
Korean 리가토니
- 리가토니 (rigatoni)type of pasta
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