kouign

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɲ/

Noun

kouign m (plural kouignoù)

  1. cake, bun, brioche

Inflection

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Mutation of kouign
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kouign gouign c'houign unchanged
plural kouignoù gouignoù c'houignoù unchanged

Derived terms

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