Boyardee

Anglicization of Italian Boiardi, a phonetic respelling of the Italian pronunciation. Coined by Ettore Boiardi, when he anglicized and legally changed his name to Hector Boyardee, in the early 20th-century, and named his company and brand Boyardee and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee.

Boyardee (countable and uncountable, plural Boyardees)

1. A surname from Italian.
2. Ellipsis of Chef Boyardee. A brand of prepackaged food, mostly canned read-to-reheat pasta products, now manufactured by ConAgra Foods.

• (surname): Boiardi
• (brand): Boy-Ar-Dee, Boy-ar-dee, BoyArDee, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, Chef Boy-ar-dee, Chef BoyArDee, Chef Boyardee