rogalik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A crescent-shaped pastry that is popular in Poland and various other Eastern European countries.
Example Sentences
- "Her ladyship was reduced to the pitiable choice of yesterday’s croissants or one of the nine different kinds of rolls, milk breads, sweet breads, scones, pancakes, vatrushki, kalachi, ponchiki, rogaliki and bulochki whose delicious, new-baked smell was wafting all over the house."
- "Among the recommended desserts are strudel, rogalik and flugen, a Romanian square of walnuts, raisins and honey."
- "You can start all over next weekend at the Polish Festival at Falcon Hall at 20th Street and St. Louis Avenue. […] The pastry booth will have chrusciki and rogaliki."
- "Waiting to be savored are Elena Trujillo’s made-from-scratch honey cake, rogaliki filled with chocolate, and butter cookies, baked with farmer’s cheese."
- "Rogaliki is really just one taste of the holidays in my Russia. It is traditional to do a lot of baking."
- "Senior center staff will provide babka (bread) and rogaliki (poppy seed and nut roll)."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rogalik, рога́лик