spring roll

/ˈspɹɪŋ.ɹəʊl/

noun

A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.

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Meanings

nounspring roll (plural spring rolls)

plural spring rolls

  1. A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
  2. USAn egg roll.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounminced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried

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Origin

  1. Chinese春捲 /春卷
  2. Englishspring roll

Calque of Chinese 春捲 /春卷 (chūnjuǎn, literally “vernal/spring-time spool”), equivalent to spring + roll.

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Translations

Bulgarian про́летно рулце́, не́мче
  • про́летно рулце́ (próletno rulcé)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • не́мче (némče)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Catalan rotlle de primavera
  • rotlle de primaverashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Chinese Cantonese 春捲 /春卷
  • 春捲 /春卷 (ceon¹ gyun²)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Chinese Mandarin 春捲 /春卷
  • 春捲 /春卷 (chūnjuǎn)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Danish forårsrulle
  • forårsrulleshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Dutch loempia
  • loempiashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Finnish kevätrulla
  • kevätrullashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
French rouleau de printemps, rouleau printanier
  • rouleau de printempsshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • rouleau printaniershredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • nemshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
German Frühlingsrolle
  • Frühlingsrolleshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Hungarian tavaszi tekercs
  • tavaszi tekercsshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Icelandic vorrúlla
  • vorrúllashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Irish rollóg earraigh
  • rollóg earraighshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Italian involtino primavera
  • involtino primaverashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Japanese 春巻き
  • 春巻き (harumaki)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Korean 춘권, 춘권피
  • 춘권 (chun'gwon)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • 춘권피 (chun'gwonpi)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Polish sajgonka
  • sajgonkashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Portuguese rolinho primavera, crepe chinês
  • rolinho primaverashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • crepe chinêsshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Romanian pachețel de primăvară
  • pachețel de primăvarăshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Russian спринг-ро́лл, весе́нний руле́т
  • спринг-ро́лл (spring-róll)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • весе́нний руле́т (vesénnij rulét)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Spanish rollito de primavera, rollito primaveral
  • rollito de primaverashredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • rollito primaveralshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Swedish vårrulle
  • vårrulleshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Thai เปาะเปี๊ยะ
  • เปาะเปี๊ยะ (bpɔ̀-bpía)shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Turkish Çin böreği, bahar rulosu
  • Çin böreğishredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • bahar rulosushredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Vietnamese nem rán, nem
  • nem ránshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • nemshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • chả giòshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • chả cuốnshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • chả ramshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • chả nemshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
  • chả phòngshredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Welsh crempog lysiau
  • crempog lysiaushredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake
Cite this entry
APA

spring roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20roll

MLA

“spring roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20roll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spring roll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20roll.

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