beignet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɛnˈjeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Noun === beignet (plural beignets) (UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling). (US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French beignet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛnˈjeː/ Rhymes: -eː === Noun === beignet m (plural beignets, diminutive beignetje n) beignet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: benye == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French beignet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbenjeː/, [ˈbe̞nje̞ː] Rhymes: -enjeː === Noun === beignet beignet ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “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 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /bɛ.ɲɛ/ ~ /be.ɲɛ/ === Noun === beignet m (plural beignets) beignet (fritter filled with fruit etc) doughnut ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: beignet → English: beignet → Esperanto: benjeto → Italian: bignè === Further reading === “beignet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012