tortellino

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of tortello, hypocorism of torta (“cake”). Surface analysis: torta (“cake”) +‎ -ello (“meliorative suffix”) +‎ -ino (“diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /torˌtelˈli.no/ or /torˌtɛlˈli.no/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧tel‧lì‧no

Noun

tortellino m (plural tortellini)

  1. (cooking, foods) Diminutive of tortello
  2. (cooking, foods) tortellini; small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese etc; eaten with a sauce or in a soup
    • 2008, Tiziana di Tullio – Alessandro Visintainer (lyrics), Alessandro Visintainer (music), “Il tortellino [The tortellini]”, in 51ª edizione (2008) dello Zecchino d'Oro [51º edition (2008) of the Zecchino d'Oro song festival]‎, Bologna, Italy: Zecchino d'Oro:
      È il tortellino di Bologna col brodino senza panna […]
      It is the tortellini of Bologna, with light soap/broath without cream […]
      (literally, “Is the tortellini of Bologna, with small broath without cream […] ”)
  3. (cooking, in the plural) a dish of tortellini

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