Alfredo

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Alfredo. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Two days after kicking three field goals against the New Orleans Saints to help the Bears reach Super Bowl XLI, Gould was standing over a gas stove, stirring the alfredo sauce that was simmering in a pot."

  3. 3
    Any dish of this type. countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Italian.

Example

More examples

"My favorite food is alfredo pasta with mushrooms, tomatoes and corn on the cob on the side."

Etymology

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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