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Nutella en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /nuːˈtɛlə/
  • (US) audio
  • /nʌˈtɛlə/
  • /njuːˈtɛlə/

Etymology

Marketing name borrowed from Italian Nutella, from English nut + -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Italian entrepreneur Michele Ferrero, the son of Italian businessman Pietro Ferrero, the inventor of the product's forerunner Supercrema.

Meanings

  1. A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.
    • Apparently someone in Germany stole 5 metric tons of Nutella. Police haven't arrested anyone yet but they are questioning Günther Hasbargen, the 700 pound man that smells like chocolate and hazelnuts who guards the Nutella storage facility. 2013 April 30, Norm MacDonald, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Larry King:

Deriveds

nutellasagna

Translations (25)

ja ヌテラ (chocolate spread) · fi Nutella (chocolate spread) · ar نُوتِيلَا (chocolate spread) · ko 누텔라 (chocolate spread) · de Nutella (chocolate spread) · nl Nutella (chocolate spread) · fa نوتلا (chocolate spread) · ur نٹیلا (chocolate spread) · hi न्यूटेला (chocolate spread) · th นูเทลลา (chocolate spread) · it Nutella (chocolate spread) · ka ნუტელა (chocolate spread) · he נוטלה (chocolate spread) · cmn 能多益 (chocolate spread) · es Nutella (chocolate spread) · id Nutella (chocolate spread) · hy Նուտելա (chocolate spread) · ru Нуте́лла (chocolate spread) · sh Nutela (chocolate spread) · da Nutella (chocolate spread) · el Νουτέλλα (chocolate spread) · pt Nutella (chocolate spread) · pl Nutella (chocolate spread) · sh Нутела (chocolate spread) · mr न्यूटेला (chocolate spread)