speculoos

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noun

A type of spiced shortcrust biscuit.

Similar
cookie butterspeculaas
OriginDutch speculoos →
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Meanings

nounspeculoos (countable and uncountable, plural speculoos)
  1. countableuncountableA type of spiced shortcrust biscuit.
    1. countableuncountableThe Belgian version of this biscuit, as contrasted with a Dutch speculaas or German Spekulatius.
  2. countableuncountableA type of spread made with the biscuit.

    Synonyms: cookie butter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of spread made with the biscuit.

Similar
cookie butter

biscuit

Similar
speculaas
Narrower
speculaas
Also see
cookie butter

Origin

  1. Dutchspeculoos
  2. Englishspeculoos

From Dutch speculoos, Flemish form of speculaas.

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Translations

Arabic سبيكولوس
  • سبيكولوس (sabykulus)biscuit
Catalan speculoos
  • speculoosbiscuit
Dutch speculaas, speculoos
  • speculaasbiscuit
  • speculoosbiscuit
Finnish speculaas
  • speculaasbiscuit
French spéculoos, spéculos
  • spéculoosbiscuit
  • spéculosbiscuit
German Spekulatius
  • Spekulatiusbiscuit
Japanese スペキュラース, スペキュロス
  • スペキュラース (supekyurāsu)biscuit
  • スペキュロス (supekyurosu)biscuit
  • スペキュロース (supekyurōsu)biscuit
Korean 스페퀼로스, 스페퀼라스
  • 스페퀼로스 (seupekwilloseu)biscuit
  • 스페퀼라스 (seupekwillaseu)biscuit
Latin speculatius
  • speculatiusbiscuit
Cite this entry
APA

speculoos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speculoos

MLA

“speculoos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speculoos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speculoos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speculoos.

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