beignet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology

From French beignet.

Pronunciation
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Noun

beignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)

  1. a beignet

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Sranan Tongo: benye

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French beignet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbenjeː/, [ˈbe̞nje̞ː]

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
instructive — beignet’in
abessive beignet’ttä beignet’ittä
comitative — beignet’ineen
Possessive forms of beignet (type parfait)
possessor singular plural
1st person beignet’ni beignet’mme
2nd person beignet’si beignet’nne
3rd person beignet’nsä

French

Etymology

From Middle French bignet, from Old French bignet (“fried dough enveloping a food substance”), a diminutive of bigne, bugne, buyne (“lump, swelling”), from Frankish *bungjo (“lump, bump, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Old High German bungo (“swelling, tuber”) (German Bunge), Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), Gaulish *bunia, Scottish Gaelic bonnach (“cake, biscuit”). Also related to bun, bunk, bunch, bunion.

Equivalent to beigne +‎ -et.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛ.ɲɛ/, /be.ɲɛ/
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Noun

beignet m (plural beignets)

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

Descendants

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