gingerbread man

English

gingerbread men

Noun

gingerbread man (plural gingerbread men)

1. A biscuit/cookie in the shape of a person and flavoured with ginger.

Synonyms

• gingerbread husband (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Gingerbreadman map

Translations

cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger

• Armenian: քաղցրաբլիթե մարդուկ (kʻaġcʻrablitʻe marduk), իմբիրից մարդուկ (imbiricʻ marduk)
• Belarusian: пе́рнікавы чалаве́чак m (pjérnikavy čalavjéčak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薑餅人／姜饼人 (jiāngbǐng rén)

• Danish: peberkagemand c
• Estonian: piparkoogimehike
• Finnish: piparkakku-ukko
• French: bonhomme de pain d’épices m, bonhomme de pain d’épice m
• German: Pfefferkuchenmann m, Lebkuchenmann m
• Hebrew: אִישׁ לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל m ('ish lékhem zangvíl)
• Hungarian: mézeskalács-figura
• Italian: omino di pan di zenzero m, omino di pan di spezie m
• Japanese: ジンジャーブレッドマン (jinjābureddo man)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pepperkakemann m

  Nynorsk: peparkakemann m

• Polish: piernikowy ludzik m
• Portuguese: homenzinho de gengibre m
• Romanian: om de turtă dulce m
• Russian: пря́ничный челове́чек m (prjáničnyj čelovéček), имби́рный челове́чек m (imbírnyj čelovéček)
• Spanish: hombre de jengibre m, hombre de pan de jengibre m
• Swedish: pepparkaksgubbe (sv) c, (lady-shaped) pepparkaksgumma (sv) c
• Thai: มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง (má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng)
• Vietnamese: bánh quy gừng