tutti-frutti

See also: tutti frutti

English
tutti frutti ice-cream

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”), so attested in 1838 for a kind of sorbet.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtuːtɪˈfɹuːtɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtutiˈfɹuti/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːti

Noun

tutti-frutti (uncountable)

  1. A variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.
  2. (India) Candied raw papaya (unripened papaya).

Translations

References
  1. V. Mortillaro: Nuovo dizionario siciliano-italiano, vol. I, Palermo, 1838, p. 450.

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