biscuit

English

Etymology

From bisket, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) bescuit (French: (deprecated template usage) biscuit).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĭs'kĭt,
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Noun

La Nourrice biscuit (4) after Louis Boizot.

biscuit (plural biscuits)

1. A cookie.
2. (deprecated template usage) (UK) A cracker.

   cheese and biscuits

3. (deprecated template usage) (chiefly Canada, US) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
4. A form of unglazed earthenware.
5. (deprecated template usage) (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships; made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked; often infested with weevils.
6. A light brown colour.

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7. (deprecated template usage) (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:biscuit#|Citations:biscuit]].

Usage notes

• In British usage, a (deprecated template usage) biscuit is distinct from a (deprecated template usage) cake; the former is generally hard but becomes soft when stale, whereas the latter is generally soft but becomes hard when stale.

Coordinate terms

• (woodworking): dowel, glue strip, spline, finger joint

Derived terms

Terms derived from biscuit

• Anzac biscuit
• bickie
• biscotto
• biscuit firing
• biscuit ware

• bisque
• bite the biscuit
• digestive biscuit
• dog biscuit
• ratafia biscuit

• sea biscuit
• ship biscuit
• soda biscuit
• take the biscuit
• water biscuit

Translations

cookie

• Afrikaans: biscuit
• Albanian: biskotë (sq) m, galetë
• Arabic: بسكويت m (biskewit)

  Egyptian Arabic: بسكويتة f (baskawita), بسكويت m pl (baskawit), بسكوت m pl (baskut)

• Armenian: թխվածք (tʻxvackʻ), պեչենի (pečʻeni)
• Azeri: biskvit
• Basque: galleta (eu)
• Bengali: বিস্কুট (biskuṭ)
• Bulgarian: сухар (bg) f (suhar), бисквита (bg) f (biskvita)
• Catalan: galeta f
• Czech: sušenka
• Dutch: koekje (nl), biscuit (nl)
• Esperanto: kringo
• Estonian: biskviit
• Finnish: keksi (fi)
• French: biscuit (fr)
• Galician: biscoito m
• Georgian: ორცხობილით (orcxobilit)
• German: Keks (de)
• Greek: μπισκότο (el) m (biskóto)
• Gujarati: બિસ્કિટ (biskiṭ)
• Hebrew: ביסקוויט (he) (biskuit)
• Hindi: बिस्कुट (biskuṭ)
• Ido: bisquito (io)
• Indonesian: biskit, biskuit (id)
• Irish: briosca (ga) m
• Italian: biscotto (it) m, biscottino m
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• Japanese: ビスケット (bisuketto)
• Latin: biscoctus m
• Luxembourgish: Kichelchen (lb) m
• Macedonian: кекс m (keks), бисквит m (biskvít)
• Malay: biskut
• Maltese: galettina f
• Manx: biskee
• Maori: pihikete
• Mongolian: хатсан талх (xatsan talx)
• Nauruan: beitker
• Norwegian: kjeks (no) m, småkake m
• Persian: بیسکوئیت (biskuit)
• Polish: ciastko (pl) n
• Portuguese: biscoito (pt)
• Romanian: biscuit (ro) m
• Russian: бисквит (ru) (biskvit)
• Scottish Gaelic: briosgaid f
• Serbo-Croatian: biskvit
• Spanish: galleta (es)
• Swahili: biskuti (sw)
• Swedish: kex (sv)
• Tagalog: biskwit
• Tamil: பிஸ்கோத்து (piskōttu), பிஸ்கெட் (piskeṭ)
• Turkish: bisküvi (tr)
• Ukrainian: печиво m (lečyvo)
• Vietnamese: bánh quy
• Welsh: bisged
• Zulu: bhisikidi

small bread similar to scone

• Finnish: teeleipä (fi)
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form of earthenware

• Bulgarian: неглазирана керамика f (neglazirana keramika)
• Finnish: bisque
• French: biscuit (fr) m
• Malay: biskut
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• Romanian: biscuit (ro) m
• Spanish: biscocho m, bizcocho (es) m
• Swahili: biskuti (sw)

ship's "bread"

• Bulgarian: сухар (bg) m (suhar)
• Finnish: laivakorppu
• French: biscuit (fr) m
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• Norwegian: kjeks (no) m
• Swahili: biskuti (sw)

light brown colour

• Finnish: vaaleanruskea
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woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface

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See also

• cookie
• cracknel

• hardtack
• macaroon

• pilot bread
• soda cracker
• Appendix:Colors

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) bescuit, from .

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /biskɥi/

Noun

biscuit m (plural biscuits)

1. biscuit

Derived terms

• biscuit chinois
• biscuit sablé
• biscuiterie

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French

Noun

biscuit m (invariable)

1. biscuit (white earthenware)
2. wafer (for ice cream)

Anagrams

• cubisti