Nutella

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/nuːˈtɛlə//nʌˈtɛlə//njuːˈtɛlə/

proper noun

A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

OriginItalian Nutella →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

    Apparently someone in Germany stole 5 metric tons of Nutella. Police haven't arrested anyone yet but they are questioning Günther Hasbargen, the 700 pound man that smells like chocolate and hazelnuts who guards the Nutella storage facility.

    2013 April 30, Norm MacDonald, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Larry King

Origin

  1. ItalianNutella
  2. EnglishNutella

Marketing name borrowed from Italian Nutella, from English nut + -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Italian entrepreneur Michele Ferrero, the son of Italian businessman Pietro Ferrero, the inventor of the product's forerunner Supercrema.

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Translations

Arabic نُوتِيلَا
  • نُوتِيلَا (nutīlā)chocolate spread
Chinese Mandarin 能多益
  • 能多益 (Néngduōyì)chocolate spread
Danish Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Dutch Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Finnish Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
German Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Greek Νουτέλλα
  • Νουτέλλα (Noutélla)chocolate spread
Hebrew נוטלה
  • נוטלהchocolate spread
Hindi न्यूटेला
  • न्यूटेला (Nyūţelā)chocolate spread
Indonesian Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Italian Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Japanese ヌテラ
  • ヌテラ (Nutera)chocolate spread
Korean 누텔라
  • 누텔라 (Nutella)chocolate spread
Persian نوتلا
  • نوتلا (nutelâ)chocolate spread
Polish Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Portuguese Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Russian Нуте́лла
  • Нуте́лла (Nutélla)chocolate spread
Spanish Nutella
  • Nutellachocolate spread
Thai นูเทลลา
  • นูเทลลาchocolate spread
Urdu نٹیلا
  • نٹیلا (Naţiylā)chocolate spread
Cite this entry
APA

Nutella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nutella

MLA

“Nutella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nutella. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nutella,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nutella.

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