bagasse

English

Etymology

From French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡæs/

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Noun

bagasse (countable and uncountable, plural bagasses)

1. The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.

Synonyms

• megass (archaic), megasse (archaic)

Derived terms

• bagassosis

Translations

the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted

• Assamese: সিটা (xita), ডাবৰি (dabori)
• Catalan: bagàs m
• Cebuano: bagaso
• French: bagasse (fr) f
• Galician: bagazo (gl) m, bagullo m, cadrazo m, cangallo m
• Irish: bagás m
• Maranao: bagaso
• Spanish: bagazo (es) m
• Tagalog: yamas
• Thai: ชานอ้อย (chaan-ɔ̂i)
• Welsh: siwrwd siwgwr m

Anagrams

• base gas, seabags

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡas/

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1720s, from Spanish bagazo, from baga (“berry”).

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after extracting the juice)
2. residue of indigo after extracting the dye by fermentation

Descendants

• → English: bagasse

Etymology 2

Attested since the 1580s, from Old Occitan bagassa (“whore”), from Gallo-Roman *bacassa ("servant"). Some scholars previously postulated an origin in Arabic بَاغِيَة (bāḡiya, “prostitute”), from بَغَاء (baḡāʔ), but this was doubted by Émile Littré and is now considered unlikely.

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

1. a female prostitute

Descendants

• → Italian: bagascia