dessert
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɜːt/
- (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA(key): /dɪˈzɝt/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: desert (verb)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Noun edit
dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)
- The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
- I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
- Can I see the dessert menu, please?
- A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
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Descendants edit
- → Japanese: デザート (dezāto)
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).
Noun edit
dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dessert | desserten | desserter | desserterne |
genitive | desserts | dessertens | desserters | desserternes |
Further reading edit
- “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)
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- Afrikaans: dessert
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)
Declension edit
Declension of dessert (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | dessert | desserdid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | desserdi | ||
genitive | dessertide | ||
partitive | desserti | desserte dessertisid | |
illative | desserti desserdisse |
dessertidesse desserdesse | |
inessive | desserdis | dessertides desserdes | |
elative | desserdist | dessertidest desserdest | |
allative | desserdile | dessertidele desserdele | |
adessive | desserdil | dessertidel desserdel | |
ablative | desserdilt | dessertidelt desserdelt | |
translative | desserdiks | dessertideks desserdeks | |
terminative | desserdini | dessertideni | |
essive | desserdina | dessertidena | |
abessive | desserdita | dessertideta | |
comitative | desserdiga | dessertidega |
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) + servir (“serve”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dessert m (plural desserts)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
dessert
Further reading edit
- “dessert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)
References edit
- “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)
References edit
- “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch edit
Noun edit
dessert m (plural desserts)
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- (Sutsilvan) dultsch
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)
Further reading edit
- “dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011