noun
Alfredo
noun
1
A creamy pasta sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese.
"She ordered the fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken."
"The recipe calls for a rich Alfredo sauce over penne."
How to Use Alfredo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA butter-and-Parmesan sauce, most famous as a topping for fettuccine.
Common pairings
fettuccine Alfredo
Alfredo sauce
chicken Alfredo
Word Forms
Alfredos plural
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Etymology
Named after Alfredo Di Lelio, the Roman restaurateur who first served fettuccine Alfredo in the early twentieth century.