tutti-frutti

UK/ˌtuːtɪˈfɹuːtɪ/US/ˌtutiˈfɹuti/

noun

A variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.

OriginSicilian tutti frutti →
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Meanings

nountutti-frutti (countable and uncountable, plural tutti-fruttis)

plural tutti-fruttis · alternative tutti frutti

  1. countableuncountableA variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.
  2. IndiacountableuncountableCandied raw papaya (unripened papaya).
  3. countablederogatoryslanguncountableA male homosexual.

    Yeah, hell, yeah. And the men, they're mostly tutti-fruttis.

    1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight)
  4. countableuncountabledrugsA type of flavored cocaine.
  5. New ZealandcountableuncountabledrugsA type of inhalable, powdered drug.

Origin

  1. Siciliantutti frutti“all fruits”
  2. Englishtutti-frutti

From Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”), so attested in 1838 for a kind of sorbet.

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Translations

Bulgarian плодов сладолед
  • плодов сладолед (plodov sladoled)variety of ice cream
Catalan tutti frutti, tutti-frutti
  • tutti fruttivariety of ice cream
  • tutti-fruttivariety of ice cream
Dutch tuttifrutti
  • tuttifruttivariety of ice cream
Esperanto tutifruto
  • tutifrutovariety of ice cream
French glace plombières, plombières
  • glace plombièresvariety of ice cream
  • plombièresvariety of ice cream
  • tutti-fruttivariety of ice cream
German Tuttifrutti
  • Tuttifruttivariety of ice cream
Hebrew תוּתִי פְרוּטי
  • תוּתִי פְרוּטי (túti-fruti)variety of ice cream
Italian gelato ai frutti misti, gelato di frutta mista
  • gelato ai frutti mistivariety of ice cream
  • gelato di frutta mistavariety of ice cream
Japanese トゥッティフルッティ
  • トゥッティフルッティ (tutti-furutti)variety of ice cream
Portuguese tutti frutti
  • tutti fruttivariety of ice cream
Russian моро́женое с фру́ктами, фрукто́вое моро́женое
  • моро́женое с фру́ктами (moróženoje s frúktami)variety of ice cream
  • фрукто́вое моро́женое (fruktóvoje moróženoje)variety of ice cream
Spanish tutifruti, tuttifrutti
  • tutifrutivariety of ice cream
  • tuttifruttivariety of ice cream
Yiddish טוטי־פֿרוטי
  • טוטי־פֿרוטי (tuti-fruti)variety of ice cream

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tutti-frutti

beautydutyDjibouticutiesnootymutiagouticootiepatootieBeiruticutie patootiepampootie
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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