rigatoni
/ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/noun
rigatoni is a noun meaning “A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-G-A-T-O-N-I and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rigatoni is rigatonis.
What does rigatoni mean?
noun
- 1
A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rigatoni?
- US /ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/
Rigatoni has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rigatoni.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rigatoni
- rigatonis plural
- rigatone singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rigatoni?
Rigatoni appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 rigatoni come from?
From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).