semola
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian semola, from Latin simila (“fine flour”). Doublet of semla and semel.
Noun
semola (uncountable)
- (archaic) semolina
Anagrams
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