Home › Words › R › rigatonirigatoni/ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/rigatoni means A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.rigatoni is pronounced /ɹɪɡəˈtoʊni/.EtymologyFrom Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).nounA ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.e.g.“I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead.” — 1992, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Hideaway, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 316:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).