Decorative Shapes
| Image | Type | Description | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanelle | Flattened bell-shaped pasta with a frilly edge on one end | Little bells | |
| Capunti | Short convex ovals resembling an open empty pea pod | ||
| Casarecce | Short lengths rolled into a S shape | From casereccio meaning homemade | |
| Cavatelli | Short, solid lengths | From the verb cavare meaning to hollow | |
| Cencioni | Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side | Large rags | |
| Conchiglie | Seashell shaped | Shells | |
| Conchiglioni | Large, stuffable seashell shaped | Large shells | |
| Corzetti | Flat figure-eight stamped | ||
| Creste di galli | Short, curved and ruffled | Cocks' combs | |
| Croxetti | Flat coin-shaped discs stamped with coats of arms | Little crosses | |
| Farfalle | Bow tie or butterfly shaped | Butterflies | |
| Farfalloni | Larger bow ties | Large butterflies | |
| Fiorentine | Grooved cut tubes | Florentine | |
| Fiori | Shaped like a flower | Flowers | |
| Foglie d'ulivo | Shaped like an olive leaf | Olive leaves | |
| Gigli | Cone or flower shaped | Lilies | |
| Gramigna | Short curled lengths of pasta | Infesting weed, esp. scutch-grass | |
| Lanterne | Curved ridges | Lanterns | |
| Lumache | Snailshell-shaped pieces | Snails | |
| Lumaconi | Large snailshell-shaped pieces | Large snails | |
| Maltagliati | Flat roughly cut triangles | Badly cut | |
| Mandala | Designed by Philippe Starck in 1987 for French pasta maker Panzani, intended to compensate for overcooking. | A reference to mandalas. | |
| Marille | Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1983 - like a rolling ocean wave in cross-section with internal rugosities, but unsuccessful and no longer produced. | From mare, meaning "sea" | |
| Orecchiette | Bowl- or ear-shaped pasta | Little ears | |
| Pipe | Very similar to Lumaconi but has lines running the length of it. | Smoking pipes | |
| Quadrefiore | Square with rippled edges | From quadro ("square") and fiore ("flower") | |
| Radiatori | Shaped like radiators | Radiator | |
| Ricciolini | Short wide noodles with a 90-degree twist | Little curls | |
| Ricciutelle | Short spiralled noodles | Little curls | |
| Rotelle | Wagon wheel-shaped pasta | Little wheels | |
| Rotini | 2-edged spiral, tightly wound, some vendors and brands are 3-edged and sold as rotini | ||
| Sorprese | Bell shaped pasta with a crease on one side and has a ruffled edge | Surprise | |
| Sorprese Lisce | Bell shaped pasta with a crease on one side and has a ruffled edge (A larger version of Sorprese) | Smooth Surprise | |
| Strozzapreti | Rolled across their width | Priest-chokers or priest-stranglers | |
| Torchio | Torch shaped | Winepress | |
| Trofie | Thin twisted pasta |
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