Dictionary

rigatoni en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).

Meanings

1. (plural-normally, uncountable, usually) A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.
   • The large rigatoni are perfect for sopping up the creamy sauce. 2016 July 28 – August 3, Lauren Mifsud, “Chicken riggies”, in The Hippo, volume 15, number 30, Manchester, N.H.: Hippo Press, page 47, column 2:
   • We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce. 1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 127:
   • I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead. 1992, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Hideaway, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 316:

Forms

Deriveds

riggies

Translations (4)

ko 리가토니 (type of pasta) · bg ригатони (type of pasta) · ja リガトーニ (type of pasta) · it rigatoni (type of pasta)