castella

See also: Castella and castellà

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Etymology 1

Noun

castella

1. plural of castellum

Etymology 2

From Japanese カステラ (kasutera), from Portuguese pão de Castela (literally “bread of Castile”), an old type of sponge cake which they brought to Japan. Compare Italian pandispagna, Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”).

Noun

castella (usually uncountable, plural castellas)

1. A Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.

Translations

Japanese sponge cake

• Arabic: كَاسْتِيلَا f (kastēla)
• Armenian: կաստելա (kastela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡斯特拉 (kǎsītèlā), 長崎蛋糕／长崎蛋糕, 长崎蛋糕 (Chángqí dàngāo)

• German: Castella (de) n
• Japanese: カステラ (ja) (kasutera), (rare) カステーラ (kasutēra)
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• Korean: 카스텔라 (ko) (kaseutella)
• Persian: کاستلا (kâstelâ)
• Portuguese: castella m, kasutera m
• Russian: касте́лла f (kastélla)
• Thai: คัสเตลลา (kás-dteel-laa)
• Ukrainian: касте́ла f (kastéla)

Further reading

• castella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lacteals

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) castella n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of castellum

References

• castella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)