spumoni

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noun

An Italian style of ice cream dessert made with layers of different colors and flavors (typically cherry, pistachio, and vanilla or chocolate) and usually containing candied fruits and nuts.

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Meanings

nounspumoni (countable and uncountable, plural spumonis)

plural spumonis · alternative spumone

  1. UScountableuncountableAn Italian style of ice cream dessert made with layers of different colors and flavors (typically cherry, pistachio, and vanilla or chocolate) and usually containing candied fruits and nuts.

    ‘Oh, I see.’ A slice of spumoni wouldn't have melted on her now.

    1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 2

Origin

  1. Italianspumoni
  2. Englishspumoni

From Italian spumoni, plural of spumone, from spuma (“foam”).

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Translations

Catalan spumoni
  • spumoniice cream dessert
French spumone
  • spumoneice cream dessert
Italian spumone
  • spumoneice cream dessert
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Chicago

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