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tortellini
[ tawr-tl-ee-nee; Italian tawr-tel-lee-nee ]
plural noun
, Italian Cooking.
- small rounds of pasta, filled, as with a meat or cheese stuffing, and then shaped into rings and boiled: often served in broth or with a sauce.
tortellini
/ ˌtɔːtəˈliːnɪ /
noun
- pasta cut into small rounds, folded about a filling, and boiled
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Usage Note
See zucchini.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tortellini1
1905–10; < Italian, plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello stuffed pastry, diminutive (with gender change) of torta cake; torte
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tortellini1
from Italian, diminutive of tortelli a type of pie, ultimately from Late Latin tōrta a round loaf or cake; see torte
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Example Sentences
The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.
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The food is Italian—risotto, tortellini, salad—in a nod to a mystifying (to me) sequence in the film.
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