tor·tel·li·ni 
(tôr′tl-ēnē)
(tôr′tl-ēnē)n.
Pasta in small rings stuffed usually with meat or cheese and served in soup or with a sauce.
[Italian, diminutive of tortelli, a kind of pasta, pl. diminutive of torta, cake, from Late Latin tōrta, a kind of bread; see TORTILLA.]