English Explanatory Dictionary

cannoli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.
noun
  1. plural of cannolo

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cannoli.wav /kaˈnəʊlɪ/ /kəˈnəʊlɪ/ /kəˈnoʊli/ /k̬ɐˈnɔːlɪ̆/

Word forms

cannoli cannolis cannolo cannolu

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cannoli (plural of cannolo) or Sicilian cannoli (plural of cannolu); see there for more.

Derived words

cannolilike holy cannoli pizzoli
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