"beignet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/ [UK], /bɛnˈjeɪ/ [General-American] Forms: beignets [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French beignet, ultimately of Frankish origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|beignet}} French beignet, {{der|en|frk|-}} Frankish Head templates: {{en-noun}} beignet (plural beignets)
  1. (UK) A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling). Tags: UK Categories (topical): Snacks
    Sense id: en-beignet-en-noun-1Q5GNauT Disambiguation of Snacks: 45 55 Categories (other): British English
  2. (US) A Louisiana-style fried doughnut or fritter covered in powdered sugar. Tags: US Categories (topical): Snacks Translations (donut): beignet (Finnish), beignet [masculine] (French), buñuelo [masculine] (Spanish), buñuelo de viento [masculine] (Spanish), bunwelos (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-beignet-en-noun-Y9VPwJJX Disambiguation of Snacks: 45 55 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'donut': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (fritter): benjeto (Esperanto), beignet (Finnish), beignet [masculine] (French), bignè [masculine] (Italian), scriblīta [feminine] (Latin), buñuelo [masculine] (Spanish), bunwelos (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'fritter': 55 45

Inflected forms

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