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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Cannelloni

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kanɛˈloːni

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cannelloni/ˌkænəˈloʊni/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4520 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Cannelloni wurden im Ofen mit Käse überbacken."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Large cylindrical types of pasta usually stuffed with a savory filling, such as ricotta cheese and spinach or minced meat, then baked with a sauce.

    "She prepared a delicious tray of cannelloni stuffed with spinach and ricotta for Sunday dinner."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed into English from Italian cannelloni, the plural form of cannellone, which is an augmentative of canna meaning 'reed' or 'pipe'. Derived from Latin canna, tracing back via Greek to Semitic roots, referring to the cylindrical, hollow reed-like shape of this pasta type.

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