Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucatini

/ˌbuːkəˈtiːni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: bu-ca-ti-ni
IPA: /ˌbuːkəˈtiːni/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You could make this with spaghetti or linguine or other types of long skinny pasta, but bucatini are what's used in Rome."

Etymology

From Italian bucatini, diminutive of buco (“hole”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: bucatini

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

perciatelli

Rhymes With

bikini genie sweeney martini lamborghini teeny beanie zucchini gini santorini feeney queenie

Questions

How do you pronounce bucatini?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbuːkəˈtiːni/.
What does bucatini mean?: A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.
Where does bucatini come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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