Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rigatone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: riga-tone
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of rigatoni.

Example Sentences

"Richard stole a rigatone from Kesho’s plate."
"He looked straight in my eyes and nuzzled the cuff of my jeans so I flipped him a rigatone. He nuzzled again so I flipped a few more; the third one landed right on his back, scattering red sauce across the shiny puppy fur."
"What pleasure it is for us to bite into a rigatone, a bucatina or a penna which has been cooked just right...."
"The first was a poster with a white spoon and fork set against a sky blue background, with just two pieces of spaghetti, one farfalle, a rigatone and two penne, nothing else."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rigatone.

Inflected Forms

rigatoni (plural)

Questions

What does rigatone mean?: A piece of rigatoni.
Where does rigatone come from?: Borrowed from Italian rigatone.

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