alfredo

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Alfredo¹

  • /ælˈfɹedoʊ/ US

Where it 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.

noun Alfredos · alfredo

  1. countable, uncountable The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.
  2. countable, uncountable Any dish of this type.

proper noun alfredo

  1. A male given name from Italian.

alfredo²

noun alfredos

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of Alfredo 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: alfred, fred, fettucini, fettuccini, fewmet, fondu, fumet, fettuccine, fricandel, fettucine, fricando, fettucce, aff., fricace, fedelini, fricassée

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name sauce made from butter and Parmesan

한국어알프레도 alpeuredo
日本語アルフレド arufuredo
Portuguêsmolho Alfredo
العربيةألفريدو

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"alfredo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alfredo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

alfredo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alfredo

Chicago

"alfredo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alfredo.

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@misc{alfredo_2026,
  title = {alfredo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alfredo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}