semla

From Swedish semla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”), through Old Swedish. Doublet of semola and semel; compare semolina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmlə/

semla (plural semlas)

1. A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.

• Smeal, Salem, mesal, Lemas, almes, males, EMALS, MELAS, Selma, lamés, lames, amels, Melas, Males, melas, meals, Smale, leams

• temla (humorous)

From Old Swedish sembla, ultimately from Latin simila (“finest quality wheat flour”). See also Finnish sämpylä.

• IPA^(key): (Sweden) /²sɛmla/, /²semla/, (Finland) /ˈsemlɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɛmla

semla c

1. (Finland) bun, bread roll

   Synonym: småfranska

2. (Sweden) semla (Swedish pastry eaten on Shrove Tuesday)

   Synonyms: fastlagsbulle, fettisdagsbulle

   Hyponym: hetvägg

   Meronym: hatt (“hat; top half bun”)

• → Belarusian: се́мла (sjémla)
• → Dutch: semla
• → English: semla
• → French: semla
• → German: Semla
• → Russian: се́мла (sémla)
• → Spanish: semla

• hetvägg

• “semla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “semla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “semla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• Selma, males, samle, smale