Definitions For Tortoni

Noun

TORTONI (plural TORTONIs) Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavour#verb, flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped#adjective, chopped cherry, cherries and top#verb, topped with almonds, crumbled#adjective, crumbled macaroons, etc. from early 20th c.

Synonyms

biscuit tortoni

Translations

Persian: بیسکویت تورتونی

Etymology

Borrowed from the surname Tortoni; the dessert is usually regarded as named after Giuseppe Tortoni, a native of naples, italy, who was the proprietor of the famous Café Tortoni in paris, france, in the early 19th century. (The Sunday Magazine), date=12 February 2009, page=MM57.