cookie

English

Etymology

From Dutch koekje (possibly through dialectal variation koekie), diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkan (compare Low German Kook, German Kuchen). More at cake.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͝ok'i, IPA: /ˈkʊki/, SAMPA: /"kUki/
• Rhymes: -ʊki

Noun

cookie (plural cookies)

Peanut butter cookies.

1. (North America) A small flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in.)
2. (England and Wales) A specifically American-style biscuit.
3. (Scotland) a bun.
4. (computing, browsers) An HTTP cookie, web cookie.
5. (computing) A magic cookie.
6. (dated, possibly offensive) A young, attractive woman.

Synonyms

• (cake): biscuit, bickie (UK, Australian English)

Derived terms

Terms derived from "cookie"

caught with one's hand in the cookie jar cookie jar Christmas cookie

fortune cookie sharp cookie smart cookie sugar cookie

supercookie that's the way the cookie crumbles tough cookie

Translations

flat cake

Armenian: թխվածք (hy) (t’xvaçk’), պեչենի (hy) (pečeni) Bulgarian: бисквита (bg) f., курабия (bg) f. Catalan: galeta (ca) f. Chinese: 饼干 (cmn) Czech: sušenka (cs) f. Danish: småkage (da) Dutch: koekje (nl) o Esperanto: biskvito (eo) Finnish: keksi (fi) French: biscuit (fr) m. German: Keks (de) m. Greek: μπισκότο (el) (biskóto) n., βούτημα (el) (voútima) n. Gujarati: કૂકી (gu) (kūkī) Hebrew: עוגייה (he) (ugi'a) f. Hungarian: sütemény (hu), süti (hu), aprósütemény (hu), teasütemény (hu) Icelandic: kex (is) n., smákaka (is) f.

Italian: biscotto (it) m. Japanese: クッキー (ja) (kukkii) Kannada: ಕುಕಿ (kn) (kuki) Korean: 쿠키 (ko) (kuki) Persian: کلوچه (fa) (koluĉa) Polish: ciastko (pl) n., ciasteczko (pl) n. Portuguese: biscoito (pt) bolacha (pt) Russian: печенье (ru) (p'ečén'je) n. Scottish Gaelic: briosgaid (gd) f. Slovene: piškot (sl) m. Spanish: galleta (es) m. Swahili: biskuti (sw) Swedish: kaka (sv) c., småkaka (sv) c. Thai: คุกกี้ (th) (khukkī̂) Turkish: kurabiye (tr) Yiddish: קיכל (yi) (kikhl) n.

magic cookie — see magic cookie

HTTP cookie — see HTTP cookie

See also

• cracker (UK)
• Wikipedia article on cookies (cakes)
• Wikipedia article on magic cookies
• Wikipedia article on HTTP cookies

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Dutch

Etymology

From English cookie, in turn from Dutch koekje.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkuki/

Noun

cookie c. n. (plural cookies, diminutive cookietje)

1. (computing) cookie

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

cookie m. (plural cookies)

1. (France) cookie (American-style biscuit)
2. (computing) cookie

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Polish

Noun

cookie n. (plural cookies)

1. cookie, a packet of information sent by a server to browser

Synonyms

• ciasteczko