different between ravioli vs dumpling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ravioli.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??li

Noun

ravioli (countable and uncountable, plural raviolis)

1. plural of raviolo
2. Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.
3. A dish made with ravioli.
4. (informal) by analogy, similar dishes/pastas from non-Italian cuisines.

Translations

Usage notes

• The individual parcels are called "pieces of ravioli" or suchlike. The singular raviolo is reserved for a single, large parcel of the same design, but is rare.

Anagrams

• Viloria

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian ravioli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??ioli/, [?r??i?o?li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: ra?vi?o?li

Noun

ravioli

1. ravioli (small square parcels of pasta)

Declension

French

Noun

ravioli m (plural raviolis)

1. ravioli (Italian pasta and dish)
2. ravioli (non-Italian stuffed pasta/noodle pocket)

Derived terms

• ravioli chinois
• ravioli polonais

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ravi??li/, /ravj??.li/

Noun

ravioli m pl

1. plural of raviolo

References

Anagrams

• olivari, rivolai

Spanish

Etymology

Italian raviolo

Noun

ravioli f (plural raviolis)

1. ravioli

English

Etymology

A folk word [c. 1600s], apparently from a Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from some Low German word or from dialectal dump (“lump”) [late 1800s], +? -ling (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?mpl??/

Noun

dumpling (plural dumplings)

1. (cooking) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
   1. By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
2. (familiar) A term of endearment.

3. (mildly vulgar) A piece of excrement.
   • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:dumpling

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• canederlo, gnocchi
• dim sim
• dim sum
• empanada
• har gow
• pierogi
• varenyky
• pelmeni
• quenelle
• ravioli
• shaomai, shumai
• wonton

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Further reading

• dumpling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia