Alfredo

See also: alfredo

English

Alternative forms

• alfredo

Etymology

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

Noun

Alfredo (countable and uncountable, plural Alfredos)

1. (cooking, noun adjunct) The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo, or any dish of this type.
   • 2007 January 30, Karen Crouse, “Dash of Success Spices Up Gould’s Neighborhood”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     Two days after kicking three field goals against the New Orleans Saints to help the Bears reach Super Bowl XLI, Gould was standing over a gas stove, stirring the alfredo sauce that was simmering in a pot.

Translations

sauce made from butter and Parmesan

• Japanese: アルフレド (arufuredo)
• Korean: 알프레도 (alpeuredo)
• Portuguese: molho Alfredo m

Further reading

• Cookbook:Alfredo Sauce on Wikibooks.Wikibooks
• Fettuccine Alfredo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alfredo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• forlead

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Alfredo, from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

Proper noun

Alfredo

1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from English, in turn from Old English]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alfredo.

Esperanto

Etymology

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈfredo]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: Al‧fre‧do

Proper noun

Alfredo (accusative Alfredon)

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred

Italian

Etymology

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfre.do/
• Rhymes: -edo
• Hyphenation: Al‧fré‧do

Proper noun

Alfredo m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred

Derived terms

• chicken Alfredo
• fettuccine Alfredo

 

Related terms

• Alfreda f
• Fredo (pet form)

 

Anagrams

• deflora

Latin

Proper noun

Alfredō

1. dative/ablative singular of Alfredus

Lithuanian

Noun

Álfredo, Alfrèdo

1. genitive singular of Álfredas／Alfrèdas (“Alfred”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɾe.du/ [aʊ̯ˈfɾe.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɾe.du/ [aʊ̯ˈfɾe.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfɾe.do/ [aʊ̯ˈfɾe.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɾe.du/ [aɫˈfɾe.ðu]

• Hyphenation: Al‧fre‧do

Proper noun

Alfredo m (plural Alfredos)

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfɾedo/ [alˈfɾe.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: Al‧fre‧do

Proper noun

Alfredo m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred

Descendants

• Cebuano: Alfredo
• Tagalog: Alfredo

Anagrams

• faldero
• felador

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alfredo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔalˈfɾedo/, [ʔɐlˈfɾɛ.do]
  • IPA^(key): /ʔalˈpɾedo/, [ʔɐlˈpɾɛ.do] (more native-sounding)
• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: Al‧fre‧do

Proper noun

Alfredo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜓ)

1. a male given name from Spanish