noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌsɛməˈliːnə/
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rhymes with -iːnə
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of semolina pudding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flour
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Aramaic סְמִידָאder. Latin simila Italian semola Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian semolinobor. English semolina From earlier semolino, borrowed from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, from Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). Compare regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سَمِيذ
(samīḏ)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Arabic:
سَمِيدْ
(samīd)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Arabic:
سَمِيد
(samīd)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Bulgarian:
грис
(gris)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Burmese:
ရွှေချီ
(hrwehkyi)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Catalan:
sèmola
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Chinese Mandarin:
粗粒小麥粉 /粗粒小麦粉
(cūlìxiǎomàifěn)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Czech:
krupice
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Dutch:
griesmeel
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Esperanto:
semolo
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Estonian:
manna
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Finnish:
mannasuurimo
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Finnish:
vehnäsuurimo
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Finnish:
mannaryyni
— hard grains of flour left after milling
French:
semoule
— hard grains of flour left after milling
German:
Grieß
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Greek:
σιμιγδάλι
(simigdáli)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Ancient Greek:
σεμίδαλις
(semídalis)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hebrew:
סֹלֶת
(sólet)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hindi:
रवा
(ravā)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hindi:
सूजी
(sūjī)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hungarian:
gríz
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hungarian:
dara
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Hungarian:
búzadara
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Ido:
semolo
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Ingrian:
manna
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Italian:
semola
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Italian:
crusca
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Japanese:
セモリナ
(semorina)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Kannada:
ರವೆ
(rave)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Korean:
세몰리나
(semollina)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Macedonian:
гриз
(griz)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Maltese:
smid
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Norwegian Bokmål:
semule
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Norwegian Bokmål:
semulegryn
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Polish:
semolina
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Portuguese:
sêmola
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Portuguese:
farelo
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Punjabi:
ਸੂਜੀ
(sūjī)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Romanian:
griș
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Russian:
ма́нная крупа́
(mánnaja krupá)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Russian:
ма́нка
(mánka)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Russian:
ма́нная ка́ша
(mánnaja káša)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Serbo-Croatian:
griz
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Slovak:
krupica
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Spanish:
sémola
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Swedish:
mannagryn
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Tamil:
ரவை
(ravai)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Turkish:
irmik
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Ottoman Turkish:
ایرمیك
(irmik)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Ottoman Turkish:
سمید
(simid)
— hard grains of flour left after milling
Uzbek:
yorma
— hard grains of flour left after milling