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tortilla

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tɔːrˈtiːjə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tɔrˈtiə/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tôr tē′ə; Sp. tô tē′yä)

Inflections of 'tortilla' (n): npl: tortillas

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tor•til•la /tɔrˈtiə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -las. 
  1. Fooda thin, round, unleavened bread made from cornmeal or wheat flour, and baked on a griddle or stone.
See -tort-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tor•til•la  (tôr tē′ə; Sp. tôr tē′yä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -til•las (-tē′əz; Sp. -tē′yäs).USA pronunciation [Mexican Cookery.]
  1. a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
  • Latin -ella
  • Spanish, equivalent. to tort(a) cake (see torte) + -illa diminutive suffix
  • 1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tortilla /tɔːˈtiːə/ n
  1. a kind of thin pancake made from corn meal and cooked on a hot griddle until dry
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish: a little cake, from torta a round cake, from Late Latin; see torte
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