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Alfredo.

The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ælˈfɹedoʊ/General-American
  1. The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any dish of this type.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

name/ælˈfɹedoʊ/General-American
  1. A male given name from Italian.

Where this word comes from

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

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