rusk
See also: Rusk
English edit
Etymology edit
Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹʌsk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌsk
Noun edit
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
- a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
- […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
- a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- A newly-arrived couple at the next table […] admitted that “this was more like” and that if the Alpenrose could also produce a proper cup of tea it would be just like home. Bill Andreyef, who was eating a lightly-boiled egg and a rusk, regarded the other diners with resentment.
- a weaning food for children
- a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)
Declension edit
Declension of rusk | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rusk | ruskið | rusk | ruskini |
accusative | rusk | ruskið | rusk | ruskini |
dative | ruski | ruskinum | ruskum | ruskunum |
genitive | rusks | rusksins | ruska | ruskanna |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From ruske.
Noun edit
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 2 edit
From ruske.
Noun edit
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 3 edit
Related to ruse.
Noun edit
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
Etymology 4 edit
Likely from ruske.
Adjective edit
rusk (masculine and feminine rusk, neuter ruskt, definite singular and plural ruske, comparative ruskare, indefinite superlative ruskast, definite superlative ruskaste)
References edit
- Entry “rusk” in: Bokmålsordboka / Nynorskordboka by Universitetet i Oslo & Språkrådet.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
rusk n
Declension edit
Declension of rusk | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | rusk | rusket | — | — |
Genitive | rusks | ruskets | — | — |