noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/lɪŋˈɡwiːnɪ/
US:/lɪŋˈɡwini/
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rhymes with -iːni
CMU ARPABET:L IH0 NG G W IY1 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
pasta in long slender flat strips
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: linguini
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pasta, alimentary paste
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian linguine (literally “little tongues”), from lingua (“tongue”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
لِنْقْوِينِي
(linqwīnī)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Bulgarian:
лингуи́ни
(linguíni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Chinese Cantonese:
扁意粉
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Chinese Mandarin:
細扁麵條 /细扁面条
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Esperanto:
langetoj
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
French:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
German:
Linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
German:
Linguini
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Greek:
λιγκουίνι
(ligkouíni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Greek:
λινγκουίνι
(lingkouíni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Hebrew:
לִינְגּוִינִי
(lingvíni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Hebrew:
לִינְגּוִינֶה
(lingvíne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Italian:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese:
リングイネ
(ringuine)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese:
リングイーネ
(ringuīne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese:
リングィーネ
(ringwīne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese:
リングイーニ
(ringuīni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Japanese:
リングィーニ
(ringwīni)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Korean:
링귀네
(ringgwine)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Norwegian Bokmål:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Persian:
لینگوئینی
(lingwini)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Polish:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Russian:
лингуи́не
(linguíne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Spanish:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Spanish:
linguini
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Spanish:
linguinis
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Spanish:
lingüinis
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Swedish:
linguine
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Ukrainian:
лінгуї́не
(linhujíne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
Ukrainian:
лінґуї́не
(lingujíne)
— ribbons of pasta narrower than tagliatelle
