"al dente" meaning in English

See al dente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /æl ˈdɛn.teɪ/, /æl ˈdɛn.ti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-al dente.wav Forms: more al dente [comparative], most al dente [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnteɪ, -ɛnti Etymology: Borrowed from Italian al dente (literally “to the tooth”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|al dente|lit=to the tooth}} Italian al dente (literally “to the tooth”) Head templates: {{en-adj|nolinkhead=1}} al dente (comparative more al dente, superlative most al dente)
  1. (of pasta, vegetables, rice, beans, etc.) Firm to the bite, cooked just right. Wikipedia link: al dente Tags: usually Translations (firm): al dente (Catalan), 彈牙 (Chinese Cantonese), 弹牙 (daan⁶ ngaa⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 耐嚼 (nàijiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 有嚼勁 (Chinese Mandarin), 有嚼劲 (Chinese Mandarin), 有嚼劲 (yǒu jiáojìn) (Chinese Mandarin), al dente (Dutch), al dente (Finnish), kovankypsä (Finnish), al dente (French), al dente (Galician), bissfest (German), al dente (German), αλ ντέντε (al nténte) (Greek), al dente (Italian), アルデンテ (arudente) (Japanese), al dente (Polish), аль дэ́нтэ (alʹ dɛ́ntɛ) (Russian), ал денте [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), al dente [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), al dente (Swedish)
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