Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortellino

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tortelli-no
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of tortellini.

Example Sentences

"Pick the tortellino up and twist it around your index finger until the edges meet."
"At that time, the only machine available on the market was able to produce a ring-shaped tortellino and was fitted with a continuous threaded screw device to put the filling in the tortellino. As this was unsuitable for the home-made kind of tortellino Giovanni had in mind, he asked for specific modifications to the machine."
"There is always that one tortellino that bursts in the boiling water."

Etymology

From Italian tortellino, singular of tortellini.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tortellino

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

tortellini (plural)

Questions

What does tortellino mean?: A piece of tortellini.
Where does tortellino come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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