alfabeto

Definition

Noodles shaped like letters of the alphabet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian alfabeto (“alphabet”). Doublet of alphabet.

Example Sentences

• "Holonym: alphabet soup"
• "Small pastas like orzo, acini di pepe, pastina, alfabeto, and ditalini are perfect for adding to soups."
• "The monograph should deal not only with modal scales (their range, ambitus, "centonized" gestures, cadences, and structural application in music) but would similarly need to deal with the guitar's alfabeto, the labyrinth of guitar chords, movable chords, transposed chords, the progressions of B quadro and B molle in the alfabeto books, and so forth."