beignet
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
fritter
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
beignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)
- a beignet
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Sranan Tongo: benye
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beignet
Declension edit
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. |
Further reading edit
- “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 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
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 *bungjo (“lump, bump, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Old High German bungo (“swelling, tuber”) (German Bunge), Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), Gaulish *bunia, Scottish Gaelic bonnach (“cake, biscuit”). Also related to bun, bunk, bunch, bunion.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beignet m (plural beignets)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “beignet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.