nougat
See also: Nougat
English edit
Etymology edit
From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.
Pronunciation edit
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈnuːɡɑː/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnʌɡɪt/, /ˈnuːɡɑː/
- (US, Canada) enPR: no͞oʹgu̇t IPA(key): /ˈnuɡət/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ, (UK) -ʌɡɪt
Noun edit
nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)
- (uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- 1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24:
- Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.
- 1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:
- […] (being twenty four and
never screwed but in her
soft nougat thighs) […]
- (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
- 1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235:
- When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.
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a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts
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References edit
- “nougat, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Ragusea, Adam. "What Is Nougat and Why Is It in Every Candy Bar?", YouTube, 9 June 2020.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
nougat
See also edit
- fransk nougat (“white nougat”)
Finnish edit
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Noun edit
nougat
Usage notes edit
As the inflection looks awkward, it may sometimes be advisable to use the Finnicized form nugaa (“nougat”).
Declension edit
Inflection of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nougat | nougat’t | ||
genitive | nougat’n | nougat’iden nougat’itten | ||
partitive | nougat’ta | nougat’ita | ||
illative | nougat’han | nougat’ihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nougat | nougat’t | ||
accusative | nom. | nougat | nougat’t | |
gen. | nougat’n | |||
genitive | nougat’n | nougat’iden nougat’itten | ||
partitive | nougat’ta | nougat’ita | ||
inessive | nougat’ssa | nougat’issa | ||
elative | nougat’sta | nougat’ista | ||
illative | nougat’han | nougat’ihin | ||
adessive | nougat’lla | nougat’illa | ||
ablative | nougat’lta | nougat’ilta | ||
allative | nougat’lle | nougat’ille | ||
essive | nougat’na | nougat’ina | ||
translative | nougat’ksi | nougat’iksi | ||
abessive | nougat’tta | nougat’itta | ||
instructive | — | nougat’in | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “nougat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
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Noun edit
nougat m (plural nougats)
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: نُوغَة (nūḡa)
- → Armenian: նուգա (nuga)
- → Bulgarian: нуга (nuga)
- → Danish: nougat
- → Dutch: nougat
- → English: nougat (see there for further descendants)
- → Esperanto: nugato
- → Finnish: nugaa, nougat
- → Faroese: nugga
- → German: Nougat
- → Hebrew: נוגט (núgat)
- → Hungarian: nugát
- → Japanese: ヌガー (nugā)
- → Korean: 누가 (nuga)
- → New Latin: nucatum
- → Malay: nugat
- → Norwegian Bokmål: nugat, nougat
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: nugat, nougat
- → Polish: nugat
- → Portuguese: nougat
- → Russian: нуга́ (nugá)
- → Swedish: nougat
- → Vietnamese: nu-ga
Further reading edit
- “nougat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougater, definite plural nougatene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougatar, definite plural nougatane)
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nougat m (plural nougats)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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nougat c
Declension edit
Declension of nougat | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nougat | nougaten | nougater | nougaterna |
Genitive | nougats | nougatens | nougaters | nougaternas |