cannoli
English
/kaˈnəʊlɪ/, /kəˈnoʊli/, /k̬ɐˈnɔːlɪ̆/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cannoli borrowed from Sicilian cannoli derived from Latin cannula (a little tube, small low reed), canna (reed, cane, tube, canne, a reed).
Origin
Latin
canna
Gloss
reed, cane, tube, canne, a reed
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canna English
- cannolilike English
- cannula English
- kanyyli Finnish
- *cannūtus Latin
- *cannūtus, Latin
- canella Latin
- canistrum Latin
- canna Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- cannetum Latin
- canneus Latin
- cannula Latin
- Kanne German
- canna Italian
- cannelloni Italian
- cannoli Italian
- cannone Italian
- cannula Italian
- canne French
- cannelle French
- canule French
- cannoli Spanish, Castilian
- cañada Spanish, Castilian
- cañutillo Spanish, Castilian
- cañón Spanish, Castilian
- cánula Spanish, Castilian
- κάννα Ancient Greek
- κᾰ́ννᾱ Ancient Greek
- cana Portuguese
- caneca Portuguese
- *kannǭ Proto-Germanic
- cane Old French
- canele Old French
- canell Catalan, Valencian
- canya Catalan, Valencian
- cana Galician
- canado Galician
- canafrecha Galician
- cañoto Galician
- canură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Canna Translingual
- кана Bulgarian
- caña Asturian
- canna Old Spanish
- canna Sicilian
- cannoli Sicilian
- cannolu Sicilian
- cana Venetian
- καννίον, κανίον gkm