castella
See also: Castella and castellà
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlə
Noun
castella
- plural of castellum
Etymology 2
From Japanese カステラ (kasutera), from Portuguese pão de Castela (literally “bread of Castile”), an old type of sponge cake which they brought to Japan. Compare Italian pandispagna, Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”).
Noun
castella (usually uncountable, plural castellas)
- A Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.
Translations
Japanese sponge cake
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Further reading
- castella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- lacteals
Latin
Noun
castella n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of castellum
References
- castella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)