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fedelini

fedelini

8.9
A very thin Italian pasta like spaghetti but finer
  • noun
  • /ˌfɛdəˈlini/
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  • She prefers fedelini over spaghetti because it cooks faster and has a finer texture.

Examples

  • The chef recommended fedelini with a light tomato sauce for a delicate meal.

  • At the Italian market, I found fresh fedelini perfect for seafood pasta dishes.

  • I love to eat fedelini with marinara sauce.

  • Can you cook fedelini for dinner tonight?

  • For dinner, she prepared a delicious dish of fedelini tossed with fresh basil and cherry tomatoes.

  • He loves eating fedelini because it cooks quickly and pairs well with light sauces.

  • The chef recommended fedelini as a perfect base for her seafood pasta dish.

Synonyms

capellini
vsfedelini
3 4.1

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

is similarly thin but not mainly associated with light sauces
vermicelli
vsfedelini
3 5.5

A long thin pasta like very thin spaghetti

is the thin form noted as finer than ordinary thicker pasta
fedelline
vsfedelini
9.9

Very thin pasta used in light soups because it cooks quickly

is very thin but slightly thicker and more general than that soup pasta
spaghettini
vsfedelini
5.4

A thin pasta like spaghetti

is even finer and emphasizes greater thinness than that shape

How Thin

capellini
3 4.1
fedelini
8.9
vermicelli
3 5.5
spaghetti
153 1.0

Surface Forms

fedelini singular
fedelinis plural

Etymology

Fedelini is Italian and uses the small-name ending -ini, which means 'little', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of it as 'little spaghetti', a very thin kind of pasta.