# spring roll

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spring-roll