tortellini

T1O1R1T1E1L1L1I1N1I1
US/ˌtɔɹtəˈlini/

noun

A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

OriginItalian tortellini →
UncommonScrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountortellini (usually uncountable, plural tortellinis)

plural tortellinis · singular tortellino

  1. plural normallyuncountableusuallycookingA kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

Origin

  1. Italiantortellini
  2. Englishtortellini

From Italian tortellini, plural of tortellino.

More words from Italian

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German Tortellini
  • Tortelliniring-shaped pasta
Italian tortellino
  • tortellinoring-shaped pasta
Japanese トルテリーニ
  • トルテリーニ (toruterīni)ring-shaped pasta
Korean 토르텔리니
  • 토르텔리니 (toreutellini)ring-shaped pasta
Polish tortellini
  • tortelliniring-shaped pasta
Cite this entry
APA

tortellini. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortellini

MLA

“tortellini.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortellini. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tortellini,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortellini.

Source: tortellini on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.