Definition of tutti-frutti in English:
tutti-frutti
nounPlural tutti-fruttis ˌtuːtɪˈfruːtiˌtudiˈfrudi
mass nounA type of ice cream containing or flavoured with mixed fruits and sometimes nuts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Europe always was more like a tub of tutti-frutti than a slice of Neapolitan (an appropriate simile, for ice cream was the period's invention, being usually credited to the Parisian café-owner Tortoni).
- Both of us liked the tutti-frutti ice cream very much,’ said the 62-year-old resident of Cempaka Putih, East Jakarta.
Origin
Italian, literally 'all fruits'.
Rhymes
agouti, beauty, booty, cootie, cutie, Djibouti, duty, fluty, rooty, snooty
Definition of tutti-frutti in US English:
tutti-frutti
nounˌto͞odēˈfro͞odēˌtudiˈfrudi
A type of ice cream containing or flavored with mixed fruits and sometimes nuts.
Example sentencesExamples
- Europe always was more like a tub of tutti-frutti than a slice of Neapolitan (an appropriate simile, for ice cream was the period's invention, being usually credited to the Parisian café-owner Tortoni).
- Both of us liked the tutti-frutti ice cream very much,’ said the 62-year-old resident of Cempaka Putih, East Jakarta.
Origin
Italian, literally ‘all fruits’.