noun
Meaning 1
pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
farfalle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɑːˈfæleɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɑːˈfæli/
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General-American: /fɑɹˈfɑleɪ/
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General-American: /fɑɹˈfɑli/
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noun
Meaning 2
pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bowtie pasta
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pasta, alimentary paste
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian farfalle (“butterflies; bow ties; farfalle pasta”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: llacet — type of pasta
- Finnish: perhospasta — type of pasta
- Indonesian: farfale — type of pasta
- Italian: farfalle — type of pasta
- Japanese: ファルファーレ (farufāre) — type of pasta
- Polish: farfalle — type of pasta
- Russian: фарфа́лле (farfálle) — type of pasta
- Vietnamese: mì bươm bướm — type of pasta