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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/SemlaFlickr.jpg/290px-SemlaFlickr.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish. Doublet of semola and semel; compare semolina.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]semla (plural semlas)
- A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.
Translations
[edit]Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday
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Anagrams
[edit]- Smeal, Salem, mesal, Lemas, almes, males, EMALS, MELAS, Selma, lamés, lames, amels, Melas, Males, melas, meals, Smale, leams
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish sembla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”). See also Finnish sämpylä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of semla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semla | semlan | semlor | semlorna |
Genitive | semlas | semlans | semlors | semlornas |
Descendants
[edit]- → Belarusian: се́мла (sjémla)
- → Dutch: semla
- → English: semla
- → French: semla
- → German: Semla
- → Russian: се́мла (sémla)
- → Spanish: semla
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- semla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- semla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- semla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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- en:Cakes and pastries
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ɛmla
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- Swedish nouns
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- sv:Cakes and pastries