rigatoni

noun

rig·​a·​to·​ni ˌri-gə-ˈtō-nē 

: pasta made in short wide fluted tubes

Examples of rigatoni in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the main course, roasted chicken and rigatoni were listed on the menu, which was decorated with red lipstick marks. —Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025

For more significant fuel, the pool-adjacent Olivine restaurant has deeply satisfying wagyu Bolognese atop rigatoni for dinner and also opens for lunch and afternoon snacks. —Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

The rigatoni carbonara with crispy pork was super rich, while the malfatti (spinach and ricotta dumplings) were light and sat in a beautiful bowl of brown butter and sage. —Meira Gebel, Axios, 19 May 2025

Giacinto knows precisely how important the timing is to pasta, so his rigatoni da Giorgio had the perfect chew. —John Mariani, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, plural, from rigato furrowed, fluted, from past participle of rigare to furrow, flute, from riga line, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rīga line — more at row

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rigatoni

• abalone
• acrimony
• alimony
• antimony
• ceremony
• chalcedony
• cicerone
• cosmogony
• eurozone
• lithopone
• macaroni
• matrimony