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beignet

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beignet (plural beignets)

  1. (UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
  2. (US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar.
    We sat in a New Orleans cafe eating beignets and sipping cappuccinos.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French beignet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beignet c (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n)

  1. een beignet

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo: benye

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French beignet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beignet

  1. beignet

Declension

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Inflection of beignet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of beignet (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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 *bungjō (lump, bump, swelling), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (lump, heap, crowd), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (thick, dense, fat). Alternatively, from Gaulish *bunia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Cognate with Old High German bungo (swelling, tuber) (German Bunge), Dutch bonk (lump, clump), Scottish Gaelic bonnach (cake, biscuit). Also related to English bun, bunk, bunch, bunion.

Equivalent to beigne +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beignet m (plural beignets)

  1. beignet (fritter filled with fruit etc)
  2. doughnut

Descendants

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