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semolina

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/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːnə
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH2 M AH0 L IY1 N AH0 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

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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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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