spring roll

English

Spring rolls

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 春捲／春卷 (chūnjuǎn, literally “vernal/spring-time spool”), equivalent to spring +‎ roll.

Noun

spring roll (plural spring rolls)

1. A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
2. (US) An egg roll.
3. summer roll

Derived terms

• spring roll wrapper
• Vietnamese spring roll

Translations

shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake

• Burmese: ကော်ပြန့်စိမ်း (kau-pran.cim:)
• Catalan: rotlle de primavera m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 春捲／春卷 (ceon¹ gyun²)

  Hokkien: 潤餅𩛩／润饼𩠃 (zh-min-nan) (jūn-piáⁿ-kauh, lūn-piáⁿ-kauh), 潤餅／润饼 (jūn-piáⁿ, lūn-piáⁿ), 春餅／春饼 (chhun-piáⁿ)

  Mandarin: 春捲／春卷 (zh) (chūnjuǎn)

• Danish: forårsrulle c
• Dutch: loempia (nl) c
• Finnish: kevätrulla (fi)
• French: rouleau de printemps (fr) m, rouleau printanier m, nem (fr) m
• German: Frühlingsrolle (de) f
• Hungarian: tavaszi tekercs
• Icelandic: vorrúlla f
• Irish: rollóg earraigh f
• Italian: involtino primavera m
• Japanese: 春巻き (ja) (はるまき, harumaki)
• Khmer: ឆៃយ៉រ (chhaiyâr)
• Korean: 춘권(春卷) (chun'gwon), 춘권피 (chun'gwonpi)
• Lao: ຢໍ (yǭ)
• Polish: sajgonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: rolinho primavera m
• Romanian: pachețel de primăvară n
• Russian: спринг-ро́лл (ru) m (spring-róll), весе́нний руле́т m (vesénnij rulét)
• Spanish: rollito de primavera m
• Swedish: vårrulle (sv) c
• Thai: เปาะเปี๊ยะ (th) (bpɔ̀-bpía)
• Turkish: Çin böreği
• Vietnamese: nem rán (vi) (northern Vietnam), nem (vi), chả giò (vi) (southern Vietnam), chả cuốn, chả ram, chả nem, chả phòng
• Welsh: crempog lysiau f

egg roll — see egg roll

summer roll — see summer roll