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cannoli

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kaˈnəʊlɪ/
  • UK: /kəˈnəʊlɪ/
  • US: /kəˈnoʊli/
  • New-York-City: /k̬ɐˈnɔːlɪ̆/
  • rhymes with -əʊli

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of cannolo

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cannoli (plural of cannolo) or Sicilian cannoli (plural of cannolu); see there for more.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَانُّولِي (kānnūlī) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Armenian: կանոլի (kanoli) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奶油甜餡煎餅卷 /奶油甜馅煎饼卷 (nǎiyóu tián xiàn jiānbǐng juǎn) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Czech: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Esperanto: kanolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Finnish: cannoli — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • French: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • German: Cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Greek: κανόλο (kanólo) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Hebrew: קָנוֹלִי (kanóli) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Hungarian: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Italian: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Japanese: カンノーロ (kannōro) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Korean: 카놀리 (kanolli) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Neapolitan: cannuolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Norwegian: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Polish: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Russian: канно́ли (kannóli) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Sicilian: cannolu — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Spanish: cannolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Spanish: cannoli — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Swedish: cannoli — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Tagalog: kanoli — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Tagalog: kanolo — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Tagalog: kanolu — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta
  • Ukrainian: канно́лі (kannóli) — tube of fried pastry filled with ricotta