Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonnarelli

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tonnarel-li
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When you add the spaghetti or tonnarelli, she says, “test it as you cook, so it’s al dente; in Rome we don’t like pasta mushy.”"

Etymology

From Italian tonnarelli.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tonnarelli

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tonnarelli mean?: A form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section
Where does tonnarelli come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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