nougat

== English == === Etymology === 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 === (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈnuːɡɑː/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnʌɡɪt/, /ˈnuːɡɑː/ (US, Canada) enPR: no͞oʹgu̇t IPA(key): /ˈnuɡət/ Rhymes: (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ, (UK) -ʌɡɪt === Noun === 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. (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection. ==== Hyponyms ==== Viennese nougat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 (niu5 git3 tong4-2) → Wu: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 (5gniau-ciq7-daon6) → Welsh: nyget → Wu: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (6gnieu-gaq8-daon6) → Hakka: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (ngiù-kâ-thòng) → Mandarin: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng) ==== Translations ==== === See also === turron === References === “nougat, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Ragusea, Adam. "What Is Nougat and Why Is It in Every Candy Bar?", YouTube, 9 June 2020. === Anagrams === toguna == Danish == === Noun === nougat brown nougat, Viennese nougat ==== See also ==== fransk nougat (“white nougat”) == Finnish == === Alternative forms === nugaa === Etymology === From French nougat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnuɡɑː/, [ˈnuɡɑ̝ː] Rhymes: -uɡɑː === Noun === nougat nougat ==== Usage notes ==== As the inflection looks awkward, it may sometimes be advisable to use the Finnicized form nugaa (“nougat”). ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nougat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === guanot == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nu.ɡa/ === Noun === nougat m (plural nougats) nougat (sweet confection with egg white and almonds or nuts) (colloquial) piece of cake Cette affaire, c’est du nougat. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (slang, in the plural) feet (World War I slang) rifle Synonym: fusil ==== Descendants ==== → 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 === “nougat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === nugat === Etymology === From French nougat. === Noun === nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougater, definite plural nougatene) nougat == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === nugat === Etymology === From French nougat. === Noun === nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougatar, definite plural nougatane) nougat == Portuguese == === Noun === nougat m (plural nougats) nougat (a confection of honey and roasted nuts) Synonym: nogado === Further reading === “nougat”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From French nougat. === Noun === nougat c nougat ==== Declension ==== === References === nougat in Svensk ordbok (SO) nougat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) nougat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)