Meanings
plural Swiss rolls
- A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.
Synonyms: jelly roll, log
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Unclear. The cake is believed to have originated not in Switzerland, but elsewhere in Central Europe.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سويسرول
- سويسرول (suisrul)type of sponge cake roll
Bulgarian руло
- руло (rulo)type of sponge cake roll
Catalan braç de gitano
- braç de gitanotype of sponge cake roll
Chinese Cantonese 瑞士捲 /瑞士卷
- 瑞士捲 /瑞士卷 (seoi⁶ si⁶ gyun²)type of sponge cake roll
Chinese Mandarin 瑞士捲 /瑞士卷
- 瑞士捲 /瑞士卷 (ruìshìjuǎn)type of sponge cake roll
Danish roulade
- rouladetype of sponge cake roll
Esperanto rulbrioĉo, rulkuko
- rulbrioĉotype of sponge cake roll
- rulkukotype of sponge cake roll
Finnish kääretorttu
- kääretorttutype of sponge cake roll
French roulé, rouleau de génoise
- roulétype of sponge cake roll
- rouleau de génoisetype of sponge cake roll
German Biskuitrolle, Biskuitroulade
- Biskuitrolletype of sponge cake roll
- Biskuitrouladetype of sponge cake roll
Hebrew גלילה, רולדה
- גלילה (glilá)type of sponge cake roll
- רולדה (ruláda)type of sponge cake roll
Hungarian rolád
- roládtype of sponge cake roll
Icelandic rúlluterta
- rúllutertatype of sponge cake roll
Irish rollóg Eilvéiseach
- rollóg Eilvéiseachtype of sponge cake roll
Italian dolce arrotolato
- dolce arrotolatotype of sponge cake roll
Japanese ロールケーキ
- ロールケーキ (rōrukēki)type of sponge cake roll
Korean 롤케이크
- 롤케이크 (rolkeikeu)type of sponge cake roll
Norwegian Bokmål rullekake
- rullekaketype of sponge cake roll
Polish rolada
- roladatype of sponge cake roll
Portuguese rocambole, torta
- rocamboletype of sponge cake roll
- tortatype of sponge cake roll
- garibálditype of sponge cake roll
Romanian ruladă
- ruladătype of sponge cake roll
Russian руле́т
- руле́т (rulét)type of sponge cake roll
Spanish brazo de gitano, brazo de reina
- brazo de gitanotype of sponge cake roll
- brazo de reinatype of sponge cake roll
- piononotype of sponge cake roll
Swedish rolad, rulltårta
- roladtype of sponge cake roll
- rulltårtatype of sponge cake roll
Turkish rulo pasta
- rulo pastatype of sponge cake roll
Welsh Swisrôl
- Swisrôltype of sponge cake roll
Cite this entry
Swiss roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20roll
“Swiss roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20roll. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swiss roll,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20roll.
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