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''Little tongues''
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linguine
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Word definitions for linguine in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Linguine (; ) is a form of pasta – like fettuccine and trenette , but elliptical in section rather than flat. It is about in width, which is wider than spaghetti but not as wide as fettuccine . The name linguine means "little tongues" in Italian , where ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1948, from Italian linguine , plural of linguina "little tongue," diminutive of lingua "tongue," from Latin lingua "tongue" (see lingual ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. ribbon of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle. n. ribbon of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.
Usage examples of linguine.
Thirty minutes later Katy and Lija were fielding compliments on their linguine vognole.
Thirty minutes later Katy and Lija were fielding compliments on their linguine vongole.
Their food, for instance: raw squid and rice meets scungilli marinara over linguine.
And then Heller was inundated with fettucini, rigatoni, chicken cacciatore, manicotti, veal parmigiana and finally linguine with both red and white clam sauce.
Pasta is linguine with roasted vegetables, garlic, baby artichokes, basil and extra virgin olive oil.
Pasta was blanched and shocked and transferred in huge batches into steaming colanders, falling everywhere, the floor soon ankle-deep in spaghetti alla chitarra, linguine, garganelli, taglierini, fusilli.