farfalle

This term is borrowed directly from Italian, where it literally means butterflies. In English culinary contexts, it is used to describe the specific bow-tie shape of the pasta. Because it is a loanword, it retains its Italian plural form.

Grammatically, farfalle is treated as a mass noun or a collective plural in English. While one might technically refer to a single piece of pasta, it is almost exclusively used in the plural sense to describe the dish or the ingredient as a whole, similar to how words like spaghetti or macaroni are used.