beignet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɛnˈjeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
beignet (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
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
beignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)
- een beignet
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Sranan Tongo: benye
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbenjeː/, [ˈbe̞nje̞ː]
- Rhymes: -enjeː
Noun
beignet
Declension
Inflection 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. |
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Further reading
- “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 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
Inherited 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
- IPA(key): /bɛ.ɲɛ/ ~ /be.ɲɛ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
beignet m (plural beignets)
Descendants
Further reading
- “beignet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.