Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortoni

/tɔɹˈtoʊni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: tor-to-ni
IPA: /tɔɹˈtoʊni/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Nevertheless, the municipal band still played three evenings a week to great crowds on the Punta and in Central Park, the theatres were full of gayety, and the most zealous revellers continued to eat tortonis and sip ices every evening in the pretty cafés that are half outdoors and almost on the sidewalk."
"Soul Kiss / On a small fancy platter place a quarter of a brick of nesselrode or tortoni ice cream; on top of this put some stiff whipped cream in which lay some slices of banana; put a cherry at either end and also in the center, and sprinkle with nuts, if desired."
"With my own fair hands I've made individual almond tortonis for dessert. Cook thinks I'm a wonder! Each masterpiece in a fluted silver dish, silver candies sprinkled on the pink whipped cream! O-oh!"
"A big smile from the courtly waiter named Frank at Dominick's, an Italian restaurant in the Bronx. Huge hamburger steaks. Little tortoni in paper cups, vanilla ice cream topped with macaroon crumbs."

Etymology

Borrowed from the Italian surname Tortoni; the dessert is usually regarded as named after Giuseppe Tortoni, a native of Naples, Italy, who was the proprietor of the famous Café Tortoni in Paris, France, in the early 19th century.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɔɹˈtoʊni/
British English: /tɔːˈtəʊni/

Usage

Inflected Forms

tortonis (plural)

Rhymes With

tony sony pony toni phony tyrone stony bologna bony macaroni joni oni

Questions

How do you pronounce tortoni?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɔɹˈtoʊni/.
What does tortoni mean?: Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
Where does tortoni come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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