semla
English
Etymology
From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish.
Pronunciation
Noun
semla (plural semlas)
- A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
Translations
Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday
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Anagrams
- EMALS, Lemas, MELAS, Males, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal
Swedish
Alternative forms
- (jocular) temla
Etymology
From Old Swedish sembla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”). See also Finnish sämpylä.
Pronunciation
Noun
semla c
- (Finland) bun, bread roll
- Synonym: småfranska
- (Sweden) semla (Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday)
- Synonyms: fastlagsbulle, fettisdagsbulle
- Hyponym: hetvägg
- Meronym: hatt (“hat; top half bun”)
Declension
Declension of semla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semla | semlan | semlor | semlorna |
Genitive | semlas | semlans | semlors | semlornas |
Descendants
- → Belarusian: се́мла (sjémla)
- → Dutch: semla
- → English: semla
- → French: semla
- → German: Semla
- → Russian: се́мла (sémla)
- → Spanish: semla
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