кекс

Belarusian

Кекс.

Alternative forms

• kieks — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲeks]

Noun

кекс • (kjeks) m inan (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́ксы, genitive plural ке́ксаў)

1. (inanimate) sponge cake, sweet bread, muffin

Declension

Declension of кекс (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кекс kjeks	ке́ксы kjéksy
genitive	ке́кса kjéksa	ке́ксаў kjéksaw
dative	ке́ксу kjéksu	ке́ксам kjéksam
accusative	кекс kjeks	ке́ксы kjéksy
instrumental	ке́ксам kjéksam	ке́ксамі kjéksami
locative	ке́ксе kjéksje	ке́ксах kjéksax
count form	—	ке́ксы1 kjéksy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

See also

• торт (tort)

References

• “кекс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Chuvash

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кекс (keks).

Noun

кекс • (keks) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural кекссем) 

1. cake

   Synonym: торт (tort)

Further reading

• “кекс”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛks]

Noun

кекс • (keks) m

1. biscuit, cookie

Declension

Declension of кекс

	singular	plural
indefinite	кекс (keks)	кекси (keksi)
definite unspecified	кексот (keksot)	кексите (keksite)
definite proximal	кексов (keksov)	кексиве (keksive)
definite distal	кексон (kekson)	кексине (keksine)
vocative	кексу (keksu)	кекси (keksi)
count form	—	кекса (keksa)

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• кекса f (keksa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian кекс / keks, from German Keks, from English cakes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛks]
• Rhymes: -ɛks
• Hyphenation: кекс

Noun

кекс (keks) m inan

1. cookie (US), biscuit (UK)

   Synonym: (less common) бисквит (biskvit)

2. cookie (UK)

   Hypernym: колач (kolač)

Declension

Declension of кекс (keks)

	singular	plural
nominative	кекс (keks)	кекси (keksi)
genitive	кекса (keksa)	кексох (keksox)
dative	кексу (keksu)	кексом (keksom)
accusative	кекс (keks)	кекси (keksi)
instrumental	кексом (keksom)	кексами (keksami)
locative	кексу (keksu)	кексох (keksox)
vocative	кексу (keksu)	кекси (keksi)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “кекс”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “biscuit”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 38

Russian

Кекс

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲeks]

• Audio (Moscow):

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Noun

кекс • (keks) m inan or m anim (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́ксы, genitive plural ке́ксов)

1. (inanimate) sponge cake, sweet bread
2. (slang, animate, rare) dude, guy

   Synonyms: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ), чува́к (čuvák)

3. (euphemistic, inanimate) filter-avoidance spelling of секс (seks)

Usage notes

• The words кекс (keks), пиро́жное (piróžnoje), and торт (tort) all translate to “cake” in English, but have distinct usages in Russian:
  • кекс (keks) is a sponge cake or a sweet bread (e.g. a marble cake);
  • пиро́жное (piróžnoje) is any type of small cake or pastry sized for one individual (e.g. a petit four);
  • торт (tort) is a multi-layered cake, typically large enough to serve multiple people (e.g. a birthday cake).

Declension

Declension of кекс (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

		singular	plural
nominative		ке́кс kéks	ке́ксы kéksy
genitive		ке́кса kéksa	ке́ксов kéksov
dative		ке́ксу kéksu	ке́ксам kéksam
accusative	animate	ке́кса kéksa	ке́ксов kéksov
	inanimate	ке́кс kéks	ке́ксы kéksy
instrumental		ке́ксом kéksom	ке́ксами kéksami
prepositional		ке́ксе kékse	ке́ксах kéksax

Derived terms

• бана́льный ке́кс (banálʹnyj kéks)

Related terms

• кек (kek)

Descendants

• → Chuvash: кекс (keks)
• → Crimean Tatar: keks
• → Yiddish: קעקס (keks)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kêks/

Noun

ке̏кс m inan (Latin spelling kȅks)

1. cookie (US), biscuit (UK)

   Synonym: бѝсквӣт

2. cracker

Declension

Declension of кекс

	singular	plural
nominative	ке̏кс	кекси
genitive	кекса	ке̑кса̄
dative	кексу	кексима
accusative	кекс	кексе
vocative	кексе	кекси
locative	кексу	кексима
instrumental	кексом	кексима

Further reading

• “кекс”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

IPA^(key): [kɛks]

Noun

кекс • (keks) m inan (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́кси, relational adjective ке́ксовий, diminutive ке́ксик)

1. (inanimate) sponge cake, muffin

Declension

Declension of кекс
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	кекс keks	ке́кси kéksy
genitive	ке́кса kéksa	ке́ксів kéksiv
dative	ке́ксові, ке́ксу kéksovi, kéksu	ке́ксам kéksam
accusative	кекс keks	ке́кси kéksy
instrumental	ке́ксом kéksom	ке́ксами kéksamy
locative	ке́ксі kéksi	ке́ксах kéksax
vocative	ке́ксе kékse	ке́кси kéksy

References

кекс on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk