Meanings
nouncannelloni pl (normally plural, singular cannellone)
singular cannellone
- pluralplural normallyWide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven.
Hey, I gotta get going, my grandma is visiting so my mom is making me come home for lunch. / What's your mom making? / I dunno, cannelloni?
2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 23 Aug 2025, page 4Synonyms: manicotti
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven.
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Origin
- Latincanna“reed”
- Italiancannelloni
- Englishcannelloni
From Italian cannelloni, from Latin canna (“reed”).
More words from Italian, Latin
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Bulgarian канело́ни
- канело́ни (kanelóni)type of pasta
Esperanto kanelonoj
- kanelonojtype of pasta
Finnish kanneloni, cannelloni
- kannelonitype of pasta
- cannellonitype of pasta
Polish cannelloni, canelloni
- cannellonitype of pasta
- canellonitype of pasta
Swedish cannelloni
- cannellonitype of pasta
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