speculoos

See also: spéculoos

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Etymology

From Dutch speculoos, Belgian form of speculaas, apparently from a now-lost secondary meaning of "pleasure, desire".

Noun

speculoos (countable and uncountable, plural speculoos)

1. A type of spiced shortcrust biscuit.
   1. The Belgian version of this biscuit, as contrasted with a Dutch speculaas or German Spekulatius.
2. A type of spread made with the biscuit.

Synonyms

• (biscuit): speculaas
• (spread): cookie butter

Hyponyms

(cookie):

• speculaas (Dutch)
• speculoos (Belgian)

Translations

biscuit

Arabic: سبيكولوس (sabykulus) Catalan: speculoos m Dutch: speculaas (nl) n, speculoos (nl) n Finnish: speculaas French: spéculoos (fr) m, spéculos (fr) m German: Spekulatius (de) m Japanese: スペキュラース (supekyurāsu) (Dutch form), スペキュロス (supekyurosu) (French form), スペキュロース (supekyurōsu) (French form) Korean: 스페퀼로스 (seupekwilloseu), 스페퀼라스 (seupekwillaseu) Latin: speculatius m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: спекулас Latin: spekulas West Frisian: spekulaas n