baguette

See also Baguette

English

baguette (3)

Etymology

Borrowing from French baguette (“stick”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæˈgɛt/

Noun

Wikipedia baguette (plural baguettes)

1. a narrow, relatively long rectangular shape
2. a gem cut in such a shape
3. a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
4. (architecture) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
5. (zoology) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

Translations

a narrow, relatively long rectangular shape

• Bulgarian: издължена правоъгълна форма

• Icelandic: snittubrauð (is) n

a gem cut in such a shape

a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape

• Bulgarian: франзела (bg) (franzela)
• Czech: bageta (cs) f
• Finnish: patonki (fi)
• French: baguette (fr) f
• German: Baguette (de) n
• Japanese: バゲット (ja) (bagetto)

• Maltese: bezzun (mt) m
• Polish: bagietka (pl) f
• Russian: французский багет (ru) (francúzskij bagét) m , багет (ru) (bagét) m 
• Spanish: baguete (es) f
• Vietnamese: banh mì (vi), bánh mì Pháp (vi)

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French

Etymology

From Italian bacchetta.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ba.ɡɛt/, X-SAMPA: /ba.gEt/

Noun

baguette f (plural baguettes)

1. baguette, French stick (the bread)

   J'achète une baguette tous les jours.

   I buy a baguette every day.

2. chopstick

   Les japonais mangent avec des baguettes.

   The Japanese eat with chopsticks.

3. (music) drumstick; (conductor's) baton

   Ringo est un maître des baguettes.

   Ringo is a drumstick master.

4. wand

   Gwenda a agité sa baguette magique.

   Gwenda waved her magic wand.