"semla" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛmlə/ Forms: semlas [plural]
Etymology: From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish. Doublet of semola and semel; compare semolina. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sv|semla}} Swedish semla, {{der|en|la|simila||finest quality wheat flour}} Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), {{der|en|gmq-osw|-}} Old Swedish, {{doublet|en|semola|semel}} Doublet of semola and semel Head templates: {{en-noun}} semla (plural semlas)
  1. A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Wikipedia link: semla Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Translations (Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday): се́мла (sjémla) [feminine] (Belarusian), fastelavnsbolle [common-gender] (Danish), semla [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), vastlakukkel (Estonian), laskiaispulla (Finnish), semla [masculine] (French), Semla [feminine] (German), セムラ (semura) (Japanese), 셈라 (semna) (Korean), fastelavnsbolle [masculine] (Norwegian), се́мла (sémla) [feminine] (Russian), semla [masculine] (Spanish), semla [common-gender] (Swedish), fastlagsbulle [common-gender] (Swedish), fettisdagsbulle [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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