nougat

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Raw nougat being whipped at the Palais des Bonbons et du Nougat in Montélimar, France
Two bars of French-style nougat
Hazelnut-based nougat in Germany
American (left) and British (right) versions of the same nougat-filled candy bar

Etymology

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (nut), ultimately from Latin nux (nut) + -atus (-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait). Compare Spanish nuégado.

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Noun

nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)

  1. (uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
    • 1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner , 3rd edition, page 24:
      Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.
    • 1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:
      [] (being twenty four and
      never screwed but in her
      soft nougat thighs) []
    • 2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time:
      [] it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts []
  2. (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
    • 1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery , volume VI, page 235:
      When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.

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Danish

Noun

nougat

  1. brown nougat, Viennese nougat

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French nougat.

Pronunciation

Noun

nougat

  1. nougat

Usage notes

As the inflection looks awkward, it may sometimes be advisable to use the Finnicized form nugaa (nougat).

Declension

Inflection of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative nougat nougat’t
genitive nougat’n nougat’iden
nougat’itten
partitive nougat’ta nougat’ita
illative nougat’han nougat’ihin
singular plural
nominative nougat nougat’t
accusative nom. nougat nougat’t
gen. nougat’n
genitive nougat’n nougat’iden
nougat’itten
partitive nougat’ta nougat’ita
inessive nougat’ssa nougat’issa
elative nougat’sta nougat’ista
illative nougat’han nougat’ihin
adessive nougat’lla nougat’illa
ablative nougat’lta nougat’ilta
allative nougat’lle nougat’ille
essive nougat’na nougat’ina
translative nougat’ksi nougat’iksi
abessive nougat’tta nougat’itta
instructive nougat’in
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)

  1. nougat

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougater, definite plural nougatene)

  1. nougat

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougatar, definite plural nougatane)

  1. nougat

Portuguese

Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)

  1. nougat (a confection of honey and roasted nuts)
    Synonym: nogado

Swedish

Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat c

  1. nougat

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