"speculoos" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: speculoos [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch speculoos, Belgian form of speculaas, apparently from a now-lost secondary meaning of "pleasure, desire". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|speculoos}} Dutch speculoos Head templates: {{en-noun|~|*}} speculoos (countable and uncountable, plural speculoos)
  1. A type of spiced shortcrust biscuit. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. A type of spiced shortcrust biscuit.
    The Belgian version of this biscuit, as contrasted with a Dutch speculaas or German Spekulatius.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-speculoos-en-noun-GqyRoIVc Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 44 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 68 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 38 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 65 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 52 30 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 21 52 28
  3. A type of spread made with the biscuit. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (spread): cookie butter
    Sense id: en-speculoos-en-noun-DQQlz30Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Desserts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 36 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 36 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 34 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 33 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 38 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 29 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 27 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 26 27 47 Disambiguation of Desserts: 19 30 51 Disambiguation of 'spread': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (biscuit): speculaas Hyponyms: speculaas [Dutch] Translations (biscuit): سبيكولوس (sabykulus) (Arabic), speculoos [masculine] (Catalan), speculaas [neuter] (Dutch), speculoos [neuter] (Dutch), speculaas (Finnish), spéculoos [masculine] (French), spéculos [masculine] (French), Spekulatius [masculine] (German), スペキュラース (supekyurāsu) (note: Dutch form) (Japanese), スペキュロス (supekyurosu) (note: French form) (Japanese), スペキュロース (supekyurōsu) (note: French form) (Japanese), 스페퀼로스 (seupekwilloseu) (Korean), 스페퀼라스 (seupekwillaseu) (Korean), speculatius [masculine] (Latin), спекулас [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), spekulas [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), spekulaas [neuter] (West-Frisian)
Disambiguation of 'biscuit': 35 35 29 Disambiguation of 'biscuit': 35 35 29
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