fusillo

Italian

Etymology

From fuso (“spindle”) +‎ -ello (“meliorative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈzil.lo/, (traditional) /fuˈsil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: fu‧sìl‧lo

Noun

fusillo m (plural fusilli)

1. (cooking, food) short spiral pasta; fusilli
2. (cooking, in the plural) a dish of fusilli

Further reading

• fusillo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)