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Meaning of giffel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɡɪfɛl/

Definitioner

  1. A crescent-shaped pastry (made of e.g. sweet yeast dough, puff pastry, or shortcrust pastry)
    common-gender
  2. A crescent-shaped cinnamon roll.
    common-gender
  3. synonym of croissant (“croissant”)
    common-gender, dated

Ekvivalenter

English croissant

Exempel

“Bakverket [croissant] kommer från Frankrike och görs traditionellt på smördeg som formas till en halvmåne eller giffel. Ibland fylls de med exempelvis choklad.”

The pastry [croissant] originates from France and is traditionally made from puff pastry shaped into a half-moon or crescent. Sometimes they are filled with, for example, chocolate.

“Mjuka och välsmakande pizzagifflar, fyllda med tomatsås, mozzarella och kokt skinka.”

Soft and delicious pizza pockets, filled with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and cooked ham.

“I hörnan mot rue Montmartre ligger ett litet kafé, som kallas Croissant (vilket närmast betyder giffel) och där kan man på en marmorplatta läsa: ”Här mördades [...]”

In the corner by rue Montmartre lies a small café called Croissant (which roughly means crescent roll), and there one can read on a marble plaque: "Here was murdered …

CEFR-nivå

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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