"pretzel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛt.səl/, [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩] Audio: en-us-pretzel.ogg , en-au-pretzel.ogg Forms: pretzels [plural], bretzel [alternative], brezel [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛtsəl Etymology: From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mreǵʰ-}}, {{bor|en|de|Pretzel}} German Pretzel, {{der|en|goh|brēzitella}} Old High German brēzitella, {{der|en|la-vul|*brāchiātellus}} Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, {{der|en|la|brāchium}} Latin brāchium Head templates: {{en-noun}} pretzel (plural pretzels)
  1. (cooking) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. Translations (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot): عُقْدِيَّة (ʕuqdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), بْرِيتْزِل (brītzil) [masculine] (Arabic), բրեցել (brecʻel) (Armenian), брэ́цаль (brécalʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), гевре́к (gevrék) [masculine] (Bulgarian), бре́цел (brécel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 德國結 /德国结 (Déguójié) (Chinese Mandarin), 椒鹽捲餅 /椒盐卷饼 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹽味卷餅 /盐味卷饼 (Chinese Mandarin), preclík [masculine] (Czech), brezel [common-gender] (Danish), saltkringle [common-gender] (Danish), pretzel [masculine] (Dutch), krakeno (Esperanto), breco (Esperanto), vesikringel (Estonian), rinkeli (Finnish), viipurinrinkeli (Finnish), bretzel [masculine] (French), ბრეცელი (breceli) (Georgian), Brezel [feminine, neuter] (German), Pretzel [feminine, neuter] (German), Breze [feminine] (German), κουλούρι (kouloúri) [neuter] (Greek), μπρέτσελ (brétsel) [neuter] (Greek), בייגלה (Hebrew), בֵּיְגָּלֶה (béigale) [masculine] (Hebrew), प्रेट्ज़ल (preṭzal) (Hindi), perec (Hungarian), kringla [feminine] (Icelandic), krinkeli (Ingrian), چوب شور (čub šur) (Iranian Persian), پِرِتْزِل (peretzel) (Iranian Persian), brezel [masculine] (Italian), プレッツェル (purettseru) (Japanese), 브레첼 (beurechel) (Korean), 프레첼 (peurechel) (Korean), brecellus [Medieval-Latin] (Latin), ūdenskliņģeris [masculine] (Latvian), kliņģeris [masculine] (Latvian), riestainis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Bretzel [feminine] (Luxembourgish), перек (perek) [masculine] (Macedonian), Kjrinjel [feminine] (Plautdietsch), precel [masculine] (Polish), pretzel [masculine] (Portuguese), covrigel [masculine] (Romanian), covrig [masculine] (Romanian), кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), кренделёк (krendeljók) [masculine] (Russian), пре́цель (précelʹ) (english: German style) (Russian), бре́цель (brécelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), пѐре̄ц [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pèrēc [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), praclík [masculine] (Slovak), prẹ̑sta [feminine] (Slovene), pretzel [masculine] (Spanish), pretsel [masculine] (Spanish), pretseli (Swahili), kringla [common-gender] (Swedish), pretzel [common-gender] (Swedish), saltkringla [common-gender] (Swedish), tuzlu simit (Turkish), pretzel (Turkish), бре́цель (brécelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), בייגעלע (beygele) [neuter] (Yiddish), פּרעצל (pretsl) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-pretzel-en-noun-i5tqAGbj Categories (other): Cooking, Breads Disambiguation of Breads: 49 25 26 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot': 73 27
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled): solmu (Finnish), hässäkkä (Finnish), кре́ндель (kréndelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), бу́блик (búblik) [masculine] (Russian), бара́нка (baránka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pretzel-en-noun--CVIGQ3l Disambiguation of 'anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɛt.səl/, [ˈpʰɹɛʔt͡sɫ̩] Audio: en-us-pretzel.ogg , en-au-pretzel.ogg Forms: pretzels [present, singular, third-person], pretzeling [US, participle, present], pretzelling [UK, participle, present], pretzeled [US, participle, past], pretzeled [US, past], pretzelled [UK, participle, past], pretzelled [UK, past], bretzel [alternative], brezel [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛtsəl Etymology: From dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brēzitella, from Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, diminutive of Latin brāchium, bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mreǵʰ-}}, {{bor|en|de|Pretzel}} German Pretzel, {{der|en|goh|brēzitella}} Old High German brēzitella, {{der|en|la-vul|*brāchiātellus}} Vulgar Latin *brāchiātellus, {{der|en|la|brāchium}} Latin brāchium Head templates: {{en-verb|+l}} pretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle (US) pretzeling or (UK) pretzelling, simple past and past participle (US) pretzeled or (UK) pretzelled)
  1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To bend, twist, or contort. Tags: Canada, US, informal, transitive Synonyms: bend, twist, contort, pretzelize, pretzel up
    Sense id: en-pretzel-en-verb-QUHsr1-l Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Foods Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 11 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 13 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 21 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 10 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 14 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 14 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 20 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 10 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 29 18 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 14 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 3 6 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 20 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 21 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 14 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 10 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Foods: 34 6 60

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "get one's panties in a pretzel"
    },
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      "word": "pretzel knot"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pretzelosity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pretzel pillow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pretzel style"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "text": "When I was young, the best Philadelphia could do in the way of combining music and eating—or principally drinking—was at the Mäennerchor Garden at Ninth and Green, where a pretzel might be had with a glass of beer, or a sherry cobbler",
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          "ref": "1918, Gelett Burgess, Ain't Angie Awful!, Chapter 8:",
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          "word": "椒鹽捲餅 /椒盐卷饼"
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          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "鹽味卷餅 /盐味卷饼"
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          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "krakeno"
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          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "breco"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "vesikringel"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "rinkeli"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "viipurinrinkeli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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          "word": "bretzel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "roman": "breceli",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "ბრეცელი"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Brezel"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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          "word": "Pretzel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Breze"
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "kouloúri",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "brétsel",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "μπρέτσελ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "בייגלה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "roman": "béigale",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בֵּיְגָּלֶה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "preṭzal",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "प्रेट्ज़ल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "perec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kringla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "krinkeli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brezel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "purettseru",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "プレッツェル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "beurechel",
          "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
          "word": "브레첼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
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    {
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      "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
      "word": "چوب شور"
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      "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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      "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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      "sense": "toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot",
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