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tagliatelle

ta·glia·tel·le/ˌtæljəˈtɛli/noun

tagliatelle is spelled T-A-G-L-I-A-T-E-L-L-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (ta·glia·tel·le). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tagliatelle means “Long, flat ribbons of egg pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tagliatelle is tagliatelles.

How many letters and syllables are in tagliatelle?

Letters11: T-A-G-L-I-A-T-E-L-L-E
Syllables4: ta·glia·tel·le
In writingabout once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is tagliatelle?

Tagliatelle appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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).

How do you pronounce tagliatelle?

  • UK /ˌtaljəˈtɛli/
  • US /ˌtæljəˈtɛli/
  • US /ˌtɑljəˈtɛli/

Tagliatelle has 4 syllables, split ta·glia·tel·le in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with tagliatelle?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tagliatelle from its last stressed vowel (/ɛli/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of tagliatelle

  • tagliatelles plural
  • tagliatella singular
  • tagliatelli

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does tagliatelle mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Long, flat ribbons of egg pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Tagliatelle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense flat ribbons of pasta:

LanguageWords
Frenchtagliatelles
GermanBandnudel, Tagliatelle

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does tagliatelle come from?

Unadapted borrowing from Italian tagliatelle, from tagliare (“to cut”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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