Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortellini

/ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: tortelli-ni
IPA: /ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian tortellini, plural of tortellino.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tortellini

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tortellinis (plural) tortellino (singular)

Questions

How do you pronounce tortellini?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/.
What does tortellini mean?: A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.
Where does tortellini come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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