summer roll

English

Etymology

A play on the deep-fried spring roll.

Noun

summer roll (plural summer rolls)

1. (cooking) Gỏi cuốn, a Vietnamese roll made of pork, prawn, vegetables, rice vermicelli, and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper.

Synonyms

• Vietnamese spring roll

Translations

a Vietnamese roll

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 越南春捲／越南春卷 (jyut⁶ naam⁴ ceon¹ gyun²)

  Mandarin: 越南春捲／越南春卷 (Yuènán chūnjuǎn), 夏捲／夏卷 (xiàjuǎn)

• French: rouleau de printemps (fr) m, rouleau printanier m
• Japanese: 生春巻 (namaharumaki)
• Vietnamese: gỏi cuốn, nem cuốn (northern Vietnam)