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tutti-frutti

tutti-frutti

1 5.4
Ice cream with small pieces of sweet candied fruit
  • noun
  • /ˌtuːti ˈfruːti/
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Examples

  • I ordered a delicious bowl of tutti-frutti ice cream topped with whipped cream and cherries.

  • The kids excitedly chose tutti-frutti ice cream from the menu because of the colorful fruits inside.

  • After dinner, we enjoyed tutti-frutti ice cream, which was filled with chunks of sweet, candied fruits.

Synonyms

gelato
vstutti-frutti
23 2.5

A creamy Italian frozen dessert thicker than ice cream

uses chopped candied fruit pieces inside a richer standard ice cream base
sorbet
vstutti-frutti
16 2.7

A frozen sweet made from fruit juice or crushed fruit without milk, with a soft, slushy texture

contains solid chopped candied fruit within a creamy ice cream base
sherbet
vstutti-frutti
  • US
5 2.0

A sweet frozen dessert made from fruit juice, sugar, and sometimes milk or egg white

is based on dairy ice cream with mixed chopped candied fruit pieces
spumoni
vstutti-frutti
2 7.6

A layered Italian ice cream with fruit and nuts

focuses on mixed chopped candied fruit spread evenly through the ice cream
peach ice cream
vstutti-frutti
1 1.0

A cold sweet food made with peaches or peach flavor

contains many types of candied fruit rather than one single flavor
frappe
vstutti-frutti
1 7.8

A frozen fruit-flavored dessert made without milk

uses real chopped candied fruit mixed into a milk-based frozen dessert

Surface Forms

tutti-frutti singular
tutti-fruttis plural

Etymology

Tutti-frutti comes from the Italian words tutti ('all') and frutti ('fruits'), and it was used for a mix made from many kinds of fruit. So, a tutti-frutti ice cream is named for being full of different chopped or candied fruits.