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)

cake, bun, brioche

Inflection

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Mutation of kouign

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kouign	gouign	c'houign	unchanged
plural	kouignoù	gouignoù	c'houignoù	unchanged

Derived terms

References

Deshayes, Albert (2003) “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1530