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Swiss roll
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English
thumb|Vanilla Swiss roll
Etymology
Unclear. The cake is believed to have originated not in Switzerland, but elsewhere in Central Europe.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Swiss roll.wav US
Noun
A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.
Synonyms
jelly roll
log
Related terms
nut roll
Descendants
cy Swisrôl 1
Translations
type of sponge cake roll
Arabic: ar سويسرول f suisrul
Armenian: hy
Bulgarian: bg руло n
Catalan: ca braç de gitano m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 瑞士捲 seoi6 si6 gyun2
Mandarin: cmn 瑞士捲 ruìshìjuǎn
Danish: da roulade c
Esperanto: eo rulbrioĉo, eo rulkuko
Finnish: fi kääretorttu
French: fr roulé m, fr rouleau de génoise
Galician: gl brazo de xitano m
German: de Biskuitrolle f, de Biskuitroulade f
Hebrew: he גלילה f glilá, he רולדה f ruláda
Hungarian: hu rolád
Icelandic: is rúlluterta f
Indonesian: id
Irish: ga rollóg Eilvéiseach f
Italian: it dolce arrotolato
Japanese: ja ロールケーキ rōrukēki
Korean: ko 롤케이크
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rullekake m f
Nynorsk: nn rullekake f
Persian: fa
Polish: pl rolada f
Portuguese: pt rocambole m Brazil, pt torta f Portugal, pt garibáldi m Brazil
Romanian: ro ruladă f
Russian: ru руле́т m
Spanish: es brazo de gitano m, es brazo de reina m, es pionono m
Swedish: sv rolad, sv rulltårta c
Thai: th
Turkish: tr rulo pasta
Ukrainian: uk
Welsh: cy Swisrôl f
en Cakes and pastries