capellini

4 4.1

A very thin Italian pasta like fine noodles often served with light sauces

noun
/ˌkæpəˈlini/

: capellini

capellini or angel hair
capellini pasta
Saffron capellini

Examples

How much capellini are you throwing away?!

Vacation (2015)
Why do they call it Angel hair When isn't it called capellini, which means hairs capellini Diangely it does Capelli Capellini's little hairs.
In deference to Maxwell and Juliana, the cuisine was vegetarian: tofu, lentils, capellini with meatless marinara sauce.

Fiction book (2001)
For dinner, we had capellini tossed with a light garlic sauce and fresh basil.
The chef prepared a delightful plate of capellini with shrimp and a lemon butter sauce.
At the Italian restaurant, I ordered capellini as my pasta choice for its delicate texture.

Synonyms

vermicelli

vscapellini

2 5.5

A long thin pasta like very thin spaghetti

is very thin but usually finer than those thin strings

spaghettini

vscapellini

1 5.4

A thin pasta like spaghetti

is very thin and generally finer than that thinner spaghetti type

fedelini

vscapellini

1 8.9

A very thin Italian pasta like spaghetti but finer

is very thin but not usually described as finer than standard long pasta

fedelline

vscapellini

9.9

Very thin pasta used in light soups because it cooks quickly

is very thin but not as extremely fine

How Thin

capellini

4 4.1

vermicelli

2 5.5

spaghettini

1 5.4

spaghetti

141 1.0

Surface Forms

capellini singular

capellinis plural

Etymology

The word capellini comes from the Italian capello 'hair' and the small ending -ini meaning 'little', so it originally meant 'little hairs'. So the name fits the pasta: very thin strands like tiny hairs, which is why it is often called angel hair and served with light sauces.