rusk
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rusk
See also: Rusk
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹʌsk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌsk
Noun
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
- a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, , London: W Taylor , →OCLC:
- […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
- a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind:
- A newly-arrived couple at the next table […] admitted that “this was more like” and that if the Alpenrose could also produce a proper cup of tea it would be just like home. Bill Andreyef, who was eating a lightly-boiled egg and a rusk, regarded the other diners with resentment.
- a weaning food for children
- a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
Synonyms
Translations
light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
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Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)
Declension
| Declension of rusk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rusk | ruskið | rusk | ruskini |
| accusative | rusk | ruskið | rusk | ruskini |
| dative | ruski | ruskinum | ruskum | ruskunum |
| genitive | rusks | rusksins | ruska | ruskanna |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 2
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 3
Related to ruse.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 4
Likely from ruske.
Adjective
rusk (masculine and feminine rusk, neuter ruskt, definite singular and plural ruske, comparative ruskare, indefinite superlative ruskast, definite superlative ruskaste)
References
- Entry “rusk” in: Bokmålsordboka / Nynorskordboka by Universitetet i Oslo & Språkrådet.
Swedish
Noun
rusk n
- bad rainy (or snowy, slushy, misty, windy, stormy, cloudy etc) weather
- Synonym: ruskväder
- regn och rusk
- rain and bad weather (idiomatic phrasing)
Declension
Declension of rusk
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | rusk | rusks |
| definite | rusket | ruskets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |