tortellini
[ tawr-tl-ee-nee; Italian tawr-tel-lee-nee ]
/ ˌtɔr tlˈi ni; Italian ˌtɔr tɛlˈli ni /
plural noun Italian Cookery.
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.
Origin of tortellini
1905–10; < Italian, plural of
tortellino, diminutive of
tortello stuffed pastry, diminutive (with gender change) of
torta cake; see
torte
usage note for tortellini
See
zucchini.
Words nearby tortellini
torsoclusion,
tort,
tort-feasor,
torte,
tortelier,
tortellini,
tortfeasor,
torticollis,
tortile,
tortilla,
tortilla flat
Example sentences from the Web for tortellini
The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.
The food is Italian—risotto, tortellini, salad—in a nod to a mystifying (to me) sequence in the film.
British Dictionary definitions for tortellini
tortellini
/ (ˌtɔːtəˈliːnɪ) /
noun
pasta cut into small rounds, folded about a filling, and boiled
Word Origin for tortellini
from Italian, diminutive of
tortelli a type of pie, ultimately from Late Latin
tōrta a round loaf or cake; see
torte