semola

See also: sémola and sêmola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian semola, from Latin simila (“fine flour”). Doublet of semla and semel.

Noun

semola (uncountable)

(archaic) semolina

Anagrams

Meolas, Salome, almose, amoles, lame-os, lameos, maleos, selma'o

Italian

Etymology

From Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). For the unexpected /o/ in the second syllable, compare -evole.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈse.mo.la/
Rhymes: -emola
Hyphenation: sé‧mo‧la

Noun

semola f (plural semole)

semolina (coarse grains of hard wheat used to make pasta)
Synonym: semolino
(by extension) bran (broken coat of the seed of cereal grain)
Synonyms: crusca, cruschello

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: semola (archaic)
⇒ Italian: semolino
- → English: semolino (archaic)
  - ⇒ English: semolina

Anagrams

Salomè, salmoè, semalo, somale

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