donut

• doughnut

Alteration of doughnut, from dough +‎ nut. Attested 1900.[1]

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ.nət/, /ˈdoʊˌnʌt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌt

donut (plural donuts)

1. (chiefly Canada, US) A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard, or cream.
   • 1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, p. 107:

     […] Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.

2. (chiefly Canada, US) Anything in the shape of a circle or torus.
   • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎, archived from the original on 17 October 2022, retrieved 6 November 2022, 20:44 from the start:

     The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.

3. (Canada, US, automobile) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a donut; a 360-degree skid.
4. (Canada, US) A spare tire, smaller and less durable than a full-sized tire, only intended for temporary use.
5. A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
6. (Canada, US, slang) An idiot.

   Nice going, you donut!

This spelling was rare until 1950s, increasingly popular since then,[2] possibly influenced by spread of Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950).[3]

• Tondu

Borrowed from English.

donut

1. a doughnut; a deep-fried piece of dough or batter

Borrowed from English donut, from older doughnut.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.nʏt/
• Hyphenation: do‧nut

donut m (plural donuts, diminutive donutje n)

1. A doughnut, a donut.

   De Amerikaanse veteraan was nog steeds verbolgen over de donuts van het Rode Kruis.

   The American veteran was still enraged about the donuts of the Red Cross.

• deeg
• noot

Borrowed from English.

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.nøt/

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donut m (plural donuts)

1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)

   Synonym: beignet

• dónute

Unadapted borrowing from English donut.

donut m (plural donuts)

1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)

   Synonym: (Brazil) rosquinha

donut m (plural donuts)

1. Alternative form of dónut (“donut, doughnut”)

"Donut" to the left and "munkar" to the right, in a store.

donut c

1. (retail) donut; deep-fried toroidal piece of dough

   Synonym: munk