Kaiser rollとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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語源

Calque of German Kaisersemmel, from Kaiser (“emperor”) + Semmel (“roll”), so named in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

名詞

Kaiser roll (複数形 Kaiser rolls)

1. 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!

同意語

• (star-emblazoned round bread roll): Vienna roll
• Kaiser (shortening)

参考

• Kümmelweck

Further reading

• Kaiser roll on Wikipedia.