roulade

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English

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Etymology

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From French roulade, from rouler (to roll), from Old French roler.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roulade (plural roulades)

  1. (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
      He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: []
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 71:
      He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
  2. (cooking) A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.

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Verb

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roulade (third-person singular simple present roulades, present participle roulading, simple past and past participle rouladed)

  1. To sing an elaborate embellishment of several notes to one syllable.

Danish

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Etymology

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From French roulade.

Noun

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roulade c (definite singular rouladen, indefinite plural roulader, definite plural rouladerne)

  1. Swiss roll (UK), jelly roll, jellyroll (US) (a cylindrical, rolled-up cake with a sweet filling)

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French

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Etymology

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From rouler +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roulade f (plural roulades)

  1. roll, roly-poly (act of rolling forward or sidewards)
  2. roulade (dish)
  3. (music) roulade

Descendants

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  • Danish: roulade
  • English: roulade
  • German: Roulade
  • Polish: rolada

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