linguine

English

Alternative forms

• linguini

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian linguine (literally “little tongues”), from lingua (“tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪŋˈɡwiːnɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɪŋˈɡwini/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

linguine (usually uncountable, plural linguines)

1. Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.

Derived terms

• linguinilike

Translations

ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle

• Arabic: لِنْقْوِينِي m (linqwīnī)
• Bulgarian: лингуи́ни pl (linguíni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 扁意粉 (bin² ji³ fan²)

  Mandarin: 細扁麵條 / 细扁面条

• Esperanto: langetoj pl
• French: linguine (fr) f pl
• German: Linguine pl, Linguini pl
• Greek: λιγκουίνι (el) n pl (ligkouíni), λινγκουίνι (el) n pl (lingkouíni)
• Hebrew: לִינְגּוִינִי m (lingvíni), לִינְגּוִינֶה f (lingvíne)
• Italian: linguine f pl
• Japanese: リングイネ (ringuine), リングイーネ (ringuīne), リングィーネ (ringwīne), リングイーニ (ringuīni), リングィーニ (ringwīni)
• Korean: 링귀네 (ringgwine)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linguine pl

• Persian: لینگوئینی (lingwini)
• Polish: linguine n pl
• Russian: лингуи́не (ru) n pl (linguíne)
• Spanish: linguine (es) m pl, linguini (es) m pl, linguinis m pl, lingüinis m pl
• Swedish: linguine (sv) c
• Ukrainian: лінгуї́не n pl (linhujíne), лінґуї́не n pl (lingujíne)

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “small tongues”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /linˈɡwi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: lin‧guì‧ne

Noun

linguine f pl

1. plural of linguina
2. linguine (ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle)

Related terms

• linguine alla bottarga

Descendants

• → Arabic: لنقويني (linqwīnī)
• → Basque: linguine
• → Bulgarian: лингуи́ни (linguíni)
• → Catalan: linguine
• → Danish: linguine
• → Dutch: linguine
• → English: linguine, linguini
• → French: linguine
• → German: Linguine, Linguini
• → Greek: λινγκουίνι (lingkouíni), λιγκουίνι (ligkouíni)
• → Hebrew: לינגויני (lingvíni), לינגוינה (lingvíne)
• → Icelandic: linguine
• → Japanese: リングイネ (ringuine)
• → Korean: 링귀네 (ringgwine)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: linguine
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: linguine
• → Persian: لینگوئینی (lingwini)
• → Polish: linguine
• → Portuguese: linguine
• → Romanian: linguine
• → Russian: лингуине (linguine)
• → Spanish: linguine, linguini, linguinis, lingüinis
• → Swedish: linguine
• → Ukrainian: лінгуїне (linhujine), лінґуїне (lingujine)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /linˈɡwine/ [lĩŋˈɡwi.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: lin‧gui‧ne

Noun

linguine m pl (plural only)

1. alternative form of linguini