spumoni

noun

spu·​mo·​ni spu̇-ˈmō-nē 

variants or less commonly spumone

: ice cream in layers of different colors, flavors, and textures often with candied fruits and nuts

Examples of spumoni in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Add broccoli rabe or fresh mozzarella to a hero, then finish it off with the spumoni. — Farideh Sadeghin, Wired News, 7 Nov. 2025

The wine list skews Italian and Californian, and spumoni and tiramisu lead the dessert menu. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 1 May 2025

But think of it as your one indulgence of the day and feast on a basket of garlic bread, take your pick of soup or salad, choose from a dozen entrees including ravioli, chicken or pizza, and leave room for tiramisu, cannoli or spumoni. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Italian spumone, augmentative of spuma foam, from Latin

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spumoni

• atony
• baloney
• begone
• canzone
• estrone
• fanconi
• mansoni
• moloney
• morone
• ngoni
• pallone
• quinone

Kids Definition

spumoni

noun

spu·​mo·​ni

variants also spumone

spu̇-ˈmō-nē 

: ice cream in layers of different colors and flavors often with candied fruits and nuts

Etymology

from Italian spumone, a form of spuma "foam"