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chimney cake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
chim-ney -cake
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal, originating from the Székely people (kürtőskalács).

Etymology

Calque of Hungarian kürtőskalács, from kürtős (“of or related to a chimney stack”) (from kürtő (“chimney stack”) + -s (adjective-forming suffix)) + kalács (“cake”).

Inflected Forms

chimney cakes (plural)

Questions

What does chimney cake mean?
A kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal, originating from the Székely people (kürtőskalács).
Where does chimney cake come from?
Calque of Hungarian kürtőskalács, from kürtős (“of or related to a chimney stack”) (from kürtő (“chimney stack”) + -s (adjective-forming suffix)) + kalács (“cake”).

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