Kaiser roll
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Noun[edit]
Kaiser roll (plural Kaiser rolls)
- A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse.
- 1989 June 26, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
- Did you see it?? It was the biggest bee in the world! It was the size of a Kaiser roll! It must've weighed 70 pounds!
Synonyms[edit]
- (star-emblazoned round bread roll): Vienna roll
- Kaiser (shortening)
Translations[edit]
star-emblazoned round bread roll
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Kaiser roll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia