muffins

English

Noun

muffins

1. plural of muffin

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French

Noun

muffins m

1. plural of muffin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Muffins on a plate.

Etymology

From English muffins, plural of muffin, from earlier moofin, likely from Low German muffen, plural or diminutive of muffe (“small cake”), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʉfːɪns/, /ˈmœfːɪns/

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• Rhymes: -ɪns
• Hyphenation: muff‧ins

Noun

muffins m (definite singular muffinsen, indefinite plural muffinser, definite plural muffinsene)

1. a muffin (a traditional English or American cake baked in a (small) paper form)
   • 1958 February 4, VG, page 7:

     baker Stinton … trakk en plate nybakte muffins ut av ovnen i sitt bakeri

     baker Stinton… pulled a plate of freshly baked muffins out of the oven in his bakery

   • 1987 December 12, Aftenposten, page 27:

     hver fredag er det bakedag, da lager ungene hjemmebakte muffins

     every Friday is baking day, when the kids make home-baked muffins

   • 2017, Victoria Durnak, Senteret, page 18:

     jeg spiser muffinsen i fire store biter

     I eat the muffin in four large pieces

   Jeg liker best muffins med blåbær- og sjokoladesmak!

   I like muffins with blueberry and chocolate flavour the best!

Derived terms

• muffinsform
• muffinsmage
• sjokolademuffins

 

See also

• cupcake (“cupcake”)

References

• “muffins” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “muffins” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Swedish

Noun

muffins c or n

1. muffin (cake)

Declension

Declension of muffins
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	muffins	muffinsen	muffinsar	muffinsarna
Genitive	muffins	muffinsens	muffinsars	muffinsarnas

Declension of muffins
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	muffins	muffinsen	muffins	muffinsen
Genitive	muffins	muffinsens	muffins	muffinsens

Declension of muffins
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	muffins	muffinset	muffins	muffinsen
Genitive	muffins	muffinsets	muffins	muffinsens