"Kaiser roll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Kaiser rolls [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Kaisersemmel}} Calque of German Kaisersemmel, {{m|de|Kaiser||emperor}} Kaiser (“emperor”), {{m|de|Semmel||roll}} Semmel (“roll”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Kaiser roll (plural Kaiser rolls)
  1. A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse. Categories (topical): Breads Synonyms: Kaiser (english: shortening), kaiser roll Synonyms (star-emblazoned round bread roll): Vienna roll Related terms: Kümmelweck Translations (star-emblazoned round bread roll): kaiserka [feminine] (Czech), kaiserbroodje [neuter] (Dutch), pistolet [masculine] (Dutch), Kaisersemmel [feminine] (German), császárzsemle (Hungarian), kajzerka [feminine] (Polish), kajzerica (Serbo-Croatian)

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