cinnamon roll

English

a cinnamon roll

Pronunciation

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Noun

cinnamon roll (plural cinnamon rolls)

1. A rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon and sugar.

   Synonym: cinnamon bun

2. (slang, neologism) A person perceived as good, gentle and kind, often a fictional character who undergoes emotional suffering.
   • 2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post

     Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure

   • 2016, Crystal Bell, "Daisy Ridley Is the Hero I've Been Looking For", MTV News

     Even as a 9-year-old girl, I had a thing for sweet, innocent cinnamon rolls – fictional characters who are too good for this world, too pure.

Translations

rolled pastry flavored with cinnamon

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 玉桂卷 (juk⁶ gwai³ gyun²)

  Mandarin: 肉桂捲／肉桂卷, 肉桂卷 (ròuguì juǎn)

• Danish: kanelsnegl c
• Estonian: kaneelirull
• Finnish: korvapuusti (fi)
• German: Zimtschnecke f (spiral in form, usually very sweet), Zimtbrötchen n (roll, often less sweet)
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• Japanese: シナモンロール (shinamon rōru)
• Korean: 시나몬 롤 (sinamon rol)
• Navajo: bááh łikaní náhineestsʼeeʼígíí
• Norwegian: kanelbolle m, skillingsbolle m, kanelsnurr n
• Spanish: rollo de canela m, pan de canela m, espiral de canela f
• Swedish: kanelbulle (sv) c, kanelsnäcka c, (Finland) örfil (sv) c
• Thai: ซินนามอนโรล (sin-naa-mɔɔn rool)

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Further reading

• cinnamon roll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia