Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tawr-toh-nee]
- /tɔrˈtoʊ ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tawr-toh-nee]
- /tɔrˈtoʊ ni/
Definitions of tortoni word
- noun tortoni ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons. 1
- noun tortoni biscuit tortoni. 1
- noun tortoni a rich ice cream often flavoured with sherry 0
- noun tortoni an ice cream made with heavy cream, maraschino cherries, almonds, etc. 0
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Origin of tortoni
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; said to be after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tortoni
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tortoni popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tortoni usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with tortoni
- what is tortoni?
- where can i buy tortoni ice cream?
See also
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