farfalle
far·fal·le/fɑɹˈfɑleɪ/noun
farfalle is a noun meaning “pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-F-A-L-L-E and has 3 syllables (far·fal·le), and it appears about once in every 36 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does farfalle mean?
noun
- 1
pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farfalle?
- UK /fɑːˈfæleɪ/
- UK /fɑːˈfæli/
- US /fɑɹˈfɑleɪ/
Farfalle has 3 syllables, split far·fal·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farfalle?
Farfalle appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does farfalle come from?
Borrowed from Italian farfalle (“butterflies; bow ties; farfalle pasta”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).