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tortellini

[ tawr-tl-ee-nee; Italian tawr-tel-lee-nee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 /

1905–10; < Italian, plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello stuffed pastry, diminutive (with gender change) of torta cake; torte

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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