vongole
/ˈvɑŋɡəleɪ/adjective
vongole is an adjective meaning “Said of pasta served in a sauce with clams and other ingredients, such as olive oil and tomatoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-N-G-O-L-E, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vongole mean?
adjective
- 1
Said of pasta served in a sauce with clams and other ingredients, such as olive oil and tomatoes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vongole?
- UK /ˈvɒŋɡɒleɪ/
- US /ˈvɑŋɡəleɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vongole?
Vongole appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 vongole come from?
From Italian alle vongole (“with clams”). See vongola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).