Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ensaimada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-saima-da
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of pastry originating from Mallorca made from flour, water, sugar, eggs, dough and reduced pork lard named saïm.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish."
"After I’d polished off two ensaimades, a plain one and a cream one, and another pastry for dessert, I said: "Aunt Antònia, please don't buy me any more of this stuff...""
"THEY’VE been making ensaimades, traditional Mallorcan pastries, for 450 years in the tiny backstreet bakery of Ca’ Miquel in Palma."
"“Not Einsteinian physics but Camembert cheese melting on a thick piece of ensaimada under the sun,” raved a deranged Dali, “was the inspiration.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan ensaïmada. Doublet of ensaymada.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ensaimadas (plural) ensaimades (plural) ensaïmada (alternative)

Synonyms

ensaymada

Questions

What does ensaimada mean?: A type of pastry originating from Mallorca made from flour, water, sugar, eggs, dough and reduced pork lard named saïm.
Where does ensaimada come from?: Borrowed from Catalan ensaïmada. Doublet of ensaymada.

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