"tortellini" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/ [US] Audio: En-us-tortellini.oga Forms: tortellini [canonical], tortellini [canonical, plural], tortellini [singular], tortellino [singular], tortellino [alternative]
enPR: tôrtəlē'nē [US] Etymology: From Italian tortellini, plural of tortellino. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|tortellini}} Italian tortellini Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tortellini (uncountable), {{en-noun|p|sg=tortellini|sg2=tortellino}} tortellini pl (normally plural, singular tortellini or tortellino)
  1. (cooking, food) Small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese etc; eaten with a sauce or in a soup. Tags: plural-normally, uncountable Translations (ring-shaped pasta): Tortellini [feminine, masculine, plural] (German), tortellino [masculine] (Italian), トルテリーニ (toruterīni) (Japanese), 토르텔리니 (toreutellini) (Korean), tortellini [neuter, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tortellini-en-noun-A4aWza6o Categories (other): Cooking, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Pasta Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 44 31 22 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 29 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pasta: 100 0 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Noun

IPA: /ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/ [US] Audio: En-us-tortellini.oga Forms: tortellino [alternative]
enPR: tôrtəlē'nē [US] Etymology: From Italian tortellini, plural of tortellino. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|tortellini}} Italian tortellini Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tortellini
  1. plural of tortellino Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tortellino
    Sense id: en-tortellini-en-noun-wxpXvdjo Categories (other): English plurals in -i with singular in -o or -io, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns construed as singular or plural, English pluralia tantum, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English nouns construed as singular or plural: 22 78 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 33 29 1

Alternative forms

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