ravioli

[rav-ee-oh-lee, rah-vee-; It. rah-vyaw-lee] Origin

ra·vi·o·li

[rav-ee-oh-lee, rah-vee-; It. rah-vyaw-lee]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
small cases of pasta, often square, stuffed with a filling, usually of meat or cheese, and often served with a tomato sauce.

Origin:
1835–45; < Italian, plural of dial. raviolo little turnip, diminutive of rava < Latin rāpa; see rape2


See zucchini.

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ravioli (ˌrævɪˈəʊlɪ)
 
n
small squares of pasta containing a savoury mixture of meat, cheese, etc
 
[C19: from Italian dialect, literally: little turnips, from Italian rava turnip, from Latin rāpa]

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ravioli
M.E. raffyolys (c.1440), also rafyols. The word probably was re-borrowed several times, most recently in 1841, from It. ravioli, a dialectal plural of raviolo, a diminutive, perhaps of rava "turnip."
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