beignet

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

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beignet (plural beignets)

  1. (UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
  2. (US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
    We sat in a New Orleans cafe eating beignets and sipping cappuccinos.

Translations

Dutch

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Etymology

From French beignet.

Pronunciation

Noun

beignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)

  1. een beignet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: benye

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French beignet.

Pronunciation

Noun

beignet

  1. beignet

Declension

Inflection of beignet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative beignet beignet’t
genitive beignet’n beignet’iden
beignet’itten
partitive beignet’tä beignet’itä
illative beignet’hen beignet’ihin
singular plural
nominative beignet beignet’t
accusative nom. beignet beignet’t
gen. beignet’n
genitive beignet’n beignet’iden
beignet’itten
partitive beignet’tä beignet’itä
inessive beignet’ssä beignet’issä
elative beignet’stä beignet’istä
illative beignet’hen beignet’ihin
adessive beignet’llä beignet’illä
ablative beignet’ltä beignet’iltä
allative beignet’lle beignet’ille
essive beignet’nä beignet’inä
translative beignet’ksi beignet’iksi
abessive beignet’ttä beignet’ittä
instructive beignet’in
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of beignet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

Further reading

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bignet, from Old French bignet (fried dough enveloping a food substance), a diminutive of bigne, bugne, buyne (lump, swelling), from Frankish *bungjō (lump, bump, swelling), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (lump, heap, crowd), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (thick, dense, fat). Alternatively, from Gaulish *bunia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Cognate with Old High German bungo (swelling, tuber) (German Bunge), Dutch bonk (lump, clump), Scottish Gaelic bonnach (cake, biscuit). Also related to English bun, bunk, bunch, bunion.

Equivalent to beigne +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

Noun

beignet m (plural beignets)

  1. beignet (fritter filled with fruit etc)
  2. doughnut

Descendants

Further reading