beignet
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
beignetfrom Middle French bignet, from Old French bugnette (boil), diminutive of buigne, bugne "swelling caused by a blow", from Old Low Franconian bungo|sense=mass, cluster, from Proto-Germanic bungô bunkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ-|sense=thick, dense, fat (cf. Dutch bong "drum"), related to German bunge "plant with large tubers", Icelandic bunge ("convexity").
Definition
Plural
beignets
Translations
german:Beignet
english:fritter
chinese:贝奈特饼
spanish:frito
italian:bignola
japanese:パンプーシュカ
dutch:oliebol
russian:пампушка
ukrainian:пампушка