fettuccini
/ˌfɛtəˈt͡ʃini/noun
fettuccini is a noun meaning “A long, broad, thick noodle; a type of pasta having this shape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-T-T-U-C-C-I-N-I, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fettuccini is fettuccinis.
What does fettuccini mean?
noun
- 1
A long, broad, thick noodle; a type of pasta having this shape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fettuccini?
- US /ˌfɛtəˈt͡ʃini/
- US [ˌfɛɾəˈt͡ʃʰini]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fettuccini.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fettuccini
- fettuccinis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fettuccini?
Fettuccini appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 fettuccini come from?
From Italian fettuccine; see fettuccine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).