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tagliatelle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌtaljəˈtɛli/
  • UK: tăl'yə-tĕlʹē
  • US: /ˌtæljəˈtɛli/
  • US: /ˌtɑljəˈtɛli/
  • US: tăl'yə-tĕlʹē
  • US: täl'yə-tĕlʹē
  • /ˌtæɡli.əˈtɛli/ less common, spelling pronunciation
  • rhymes with -ɛli

1

noun

Meaning 1

Long, flat ribbons of egg pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural-normally, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

pasta cut in narrow ribbons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pasta, alimentary paste

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian tagliatelle, from tagliare (“to cut”). * In Italian, -gli(a)- is pronounced /ʎ-/, which can be approximated in English by /lj-/; the pronunciation with /ɡ/ is a spelling pronunciation. * In English, the final vowel is most often /i/, and only rarely /eɪ/ (the expected approximation of Italian /e/, as in e.g. bersagliere), probably due to the prevalence of Italian terms ending in /i/ (cavatelli, ravioli, etc).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬麵條 /宽面条 (kuān miàntiáo) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Czech: široké nudle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Czech: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Danish: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Danish: båndspagetti — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Emilian: tajadèl — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Emilian: tajadèli (Carpigiano, Modenese, Reggiano) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Finnish: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • French: tagliatelles — flat ribbons of pasta
  • German: Bandnudel — flat ribbons of pasta
  • German: Tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Greek: χυλοπίτες (chylopítes) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Greek: ταλιατέλες (taliatéles) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Italian: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Japanese: タリアテッレ (tariaterre) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Japanese: タッリャテッレ (tarryaterre) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Japanese: タッギャテッレ (taggyaterre) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Korean: 탈리아텔레 (talliatelle) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: båndspagetti — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Polish: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Russian: тальяте́лле (talʹjatélle) — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Sicilian: tagghiateḍḍi — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Sicilian: tagghiateddi — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Swedish: bandspagetti — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Swedish: bandspaghetti — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Swedish: bandmakaroner — flat ribbons of pasta
  • Swedish: tagliatelle — flat ribbons of pasta