tortoni

[ tawr-toh-nee ]

/ tɔrˈtoʊ ni /

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noun

ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.

biscuit tortoni.

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Origin of tortoni

First recorded in 1940–45; said to be after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century

Words nearby tortoni

tortoise plant, tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell cat, tortoiseshell turtle, Tortola, tortoni, tortricid, Tortuga, tortuosity, tortuous, torture

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How to use tortoni in a sentence

Bastringuette walked away; and the young men separated, promising to meet in front of Tortoni's at the same hour the next day.
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams|Charles Paul de Kock
On the fourth day, Balivan came running into Tortoni's just after his friends.
San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams|Charles Paul de Kock
Tortoni's is a restaurant and café of the highest class, the most select in the city.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877|Various
“Kayo Tortoni” is acknowledged the most famous woman character in sports cartoons.
What's in the New York Evening Journal|New York Evening Journal

There was more "life" to be seen in an English hotel in a minute than one could see in the Hotel Tortoni in a month.
On the Fringe of the Great Fight|George G. Nasmith

British Dictionary definitions for tortoni

tortoni

/ (tɔːˈtəʊnɪ) /

noun

a rich ice cream often flavoured with sherry

Word Origin for tortoni

from Italian: probably from the name of a 19th-century Italian caterer in Paris

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