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Alfredo

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

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

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Any dish of this type.

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.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Italian.

Forms

plural
Alfredos
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