"semla" meaning in Swedish

See semla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /²sɛmla/ [Sweden], /²semla/, /ˈsemlɑ/ [Finland]
Rhymes: -ɛmla Etymology: From Old Swedish sembla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”). See also Finnish sämpylä. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|sembla}} Old Swedish sembla, {{der|sv|la|simila|t=finest quality wheat flour}} Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), {{cog|fi|sämpylä}} Finnish sämpylä Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} semla c, {{sv-noun|c}} semla c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], semla [indefinite, nominative, singular], semlas [genitive, indefinite, singular], semlan [definite, nominative, singular], semlans [definite, genitive, singular], semlor [indefinite, nominative, plural], semlors [genitive, indefinite, plural], semlorna [definite, nominative, plural], semlornas [definite, genitive, plural], temla [alternative, humorous]
  1. (Finland) bun, bread roll Tags: Finland, common-gender Synonyms: småfranska
    Sense id: en-semla-sv-noun-RrnqyAE8 Categories (other): Finland Swedish
  2. (Sweden) semla (Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday) Tags: Sweden, common-gender Synonyms: fastlagsbulle, fettisdagsbulle Meronyms: hatt (english: hat; top half bun)
    Sense id: en-semla-sv-noun-ibmDwPPt Categories (other): Sweden Swedish, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Cakes and pastries Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hetvägg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "be",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "sjémla",
      "word": "се́мла"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
      "word": "semla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Semla"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sémla",
      "word": "се́мла"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "sembla",
      "sembla#Old_Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "simila",
      "simila#Latin"
    ],
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      "sämpylä",
      "sämpylä#Finnish"
    ]
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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    },
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    }
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "semlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "temla",
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        "alternative",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
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      },
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  "lang": "Swedish",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        }
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        }
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          "semla#English"
        ]
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        }
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      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "fettisdagsbulle"
        }
      ],
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        "Sweden",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/²sɛmla/",
      "tags": [
        "Sweden"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²semla/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsemlɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Finland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semla"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Latin",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
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      ],
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      "word": "се́мла"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "semla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Semla"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sémla",
      "word": "се́мла"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "semla"
    }
  ],
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    ],
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      "simila",
      "simila#Latin"
    ],
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      "sämpylä#Finnish"
    ]
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        "2": "la",
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "semla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "semlornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "temla",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "hetvägg"
    }
  ],
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        }
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        "(Sweden) semla (Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday)"
      ],
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          "word": "fettisdagsbulle"
        }
      ],
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        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/²sɛmla/",
      "tags": [
        "Sweden"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²semla/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsemlɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Finland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semla"
}

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