FETTUCCINE

fettuccine, fettuccini

(noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fettuccine (usually uncountable, plural fettuccines)

Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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