tortellino

English

Etymology

From Italian tortellino, singular of tortellini.

Noun

tortellino (plural tortellini)

1. Alternative form of tortellini
   • 1996, Leonardo Castellucci, Pastissima!: Pasta the Italian Way, published 1997, →ISBN, page 123:

     Pick the tortellino up and twist it around your index finger until the edges meet.

   • 2013, Balmer, John M. T., Illia, Laura, González del Valle Brena, Almudena, editors, Contemporary Perspectives on Corporate Marketing: Contemplating Corporate Branding, Marketing and Communications in the Twenty-first Century, Routledge, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2020, Camilla Pang, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

     There is always that one tortellino that bursts in the boiling water.

Anagrams

• tortelloni

Italian

Etymology

From tortello +‎ -ino, hypocorism of torta (“cake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.telˈli.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: tor‧tel‧lì‧no

Noun

tortellino m (plural tortellini)

1. (cooking, foods) diminutive of tortello
2. (cooking, foods) tortellini; small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese etc.; eaten with a sauce or in a soup
   • 2008, “Il tortellino [The tortellini]”, in Tiziana di Tullio – Alessandro Visintainer (lyrics), Alessandro Visintainer (music), 51ª edizione (2008) dello Zecchino d'Oro [51º edition (2008) of the Zecchino d'Oro song festival]‎^[1], Bologna, Italy: Zecchino d'Oro:

     È il tortellino di Bologna col brodino senza panna […]

     It is the tortellini of Bologna, with light soap/broath without cream […]

     (literally, “Is the tortellini of Bologna, with small broath without cream […] ”)

3. (cooking, in the plural) a dish of tortellini

Descendants

• → English: tortellini
• → German: Tortellini
• → Polish: tortellini

Anagrams

• tortelloni