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)

1. (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)

1. semolina (coarse grains of hard wheat used to make pasta)

   Synonym: semolino

2. (by extension) bran (broken coat of the seed of cereal grain)

   Synonyms: crusca, cruschello

Derived terms

• semolato
• semolino

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• Salomè, salmoè, semalo, somale