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tortoni

Syllables: tor·to·ni/tɔːˈtəʊni/US/tɔɹˈtoʊni/

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

Noun

tortoni (countable and uncountable, plural tortoni or tortonis)

  1. Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
    • 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...1906 October 20, William Inglis, “The Collapse of the Cuban House of Cards”, in Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, volume 1, number 2600, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC
    • 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.1915, “Soda Fountain Formulas”, in The Dispenser’s Formulary or Soda Water Guide: […], 3rd revised and enlarged edition, New York, N.Y.: D. O. Haynes & Co., […], →OCLC, page 140

tortoni meaning in Persian

tortoni in Persian

any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry
بیسکویت تورتونی

Examples of tortoni in a sentence

  • With my own fair hands I've made individual almond tortonis for dessert.1936 August–September, Pearl Norton Swet, “The Medici Boots”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and...
  • Little tortoni in paper cups, vanilla ice cream topped with macaroon crumbs.2010, Todd Gitlin, Undying: A Novel, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 61:

Forms of tortoni

pluraltortoni
pluraltortonis

Origin of tortoni

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.

Words that rhyme with tortoni

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Questions about tortoni

What does tortoni mean?
Tortoni means any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
What is tortoni in Persian?
Tortoni in Persian is بیسکویت تورتونی. See Tortoni meaning in Persian.
How do you use tortoni in a sentence?
With my own fair hands I've made individual almond tortonis for dessert.
What part of speech is tortoni?
Tortoni is a noun.
How do you pronounce tortoni?
Tortoni is pronounced /tɔːˈtəʊni/ (UK).
What is the plural of tortoni?
The plural of tortoni is tortoni.

Words near tortoni in the dictionary

  1. Tortola
  2. Tortolan
  3. Tortolans
  4. Tortolian
  5. Tortolians
  6. tortoni
  7. Tortonian
  8. tortonis
  9. Tortora
  10. Tortoras
  11. Tortorellas

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