beignet
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.
Pronunciation
editAudio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɛnˈjeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
editbeignet (plural beignets)
- (UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
- (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
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editbeignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)
- een beignet
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Sranan Tongo: benye
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbeignet
Declension
editInflection of beignet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Further reading
edit- “beignet”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeignet m (plural beignets)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “beignet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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