bagel

See also: Bagel

English

Alternative forms

• beigel (UK)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”); compare obsolete English bee (“ring, metal ring, bracelet”), Middle English bege, beh, Old English bēag, bēah, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr; also compare dialectal , Beigel. See also beag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪɡəl/, [ˈbe̞ɪ̯ɡɫ̩]

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• Rhymes: -eɪɡəl

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
2. (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
   • 2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.

3. (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Synonyms

• (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US, Autralia), kugel (South Africa)

Derived terms

• bagel head

Translations

toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked

• Afrikaans: bagel
• Arabic: كَعْك m (kaʕk)
• Bavarian: Beigl m, Beigel m
• Bulgarian: геврек (bg) m (gevrek)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比高包 (bei² gou¹ baau¹), 比高 (bei² gou¹), 百吉圈 (baak³ gat¹ hyun¹), 小麥圈／小麦圈 (siu² mak⁶ hyun¹)

  Mandarin: 貝果／贝果 (bèiguǒ), 贝果 (bèiguǒ), 焙果 (bèiguǒ), 培果 (péiguǒ), 百吉圈 (bǎijí quān), 百吉 (bǎijí), 麵包圈／面包圈 (zh) (miànbāoquān), 面包圈 (zh) (miànbāoquān)

• Crimean Tatar: qalaç
• Danish: bagel c
• Dutch: bagel (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: kringo, bagelo
• Estonian: soolakringel
• Finnish: vesirinkeli (fi), bagelrinkeli, bagelirinkeli, bagel (fi), bageli
• Franco-Provençal: baguèl m
• French: bagel (fr) m, baguel (fr) m, beguel (fr) m
• Georgian: ბლითი (bliti)
• German: Bagel (de) m
• Greek: μπέιγκελ n (béigkel), κουλούρι (el) n (kouloúri)
• Hebrew: בייגל m, בֵּיְגֶּל m (béigel), בייגלה m, בֵּיְגָּלֶה (he) m (béigale), כַּעַךְ (he) m (ká'akh)
• Hindi: बैगल रोटी f (baigal roṭī)
• Icelandic: beygla (is) f
• Italian: bagel m
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• Japanese: ベーグル (bēguru)
• Kalmyk: тоһш (toğş)
• Korean: 베이글 (beigeul)
• Lithuanian: beigelis m, didriestainis m
• Macedonian: ѓеврек m (ǵevrek)
• Marathi: बेगल m (begal)
• Nogai: тогаш (togaş)
• Persian: بیگل (beygel)
• Polish: bajgiel (pl) m, bajgeł m
• Portuguese: bagel m
• Romanian: covrig (ro) m, bagel m
• Russian: бу́блик (ru) m (búblik), бара́нка (ru) f (baránka), су́шка (ru) f (súška), (foreign style) бейгл (ru) m (bɛjgl), бе́йгель m (bɛ́jgelʹ), (semi-circle) рога́лик (ru) m (rogálik)
• Spanish: panecillo m, bagel m, baguel (es) m
• Swedish: bagel (sv) c, beigel c
• Tagalog: beygel
• Thai: เบเกิล (bee-gəən)
• Ukrainian: бейґл m (bejgl), ба́йґель m (bájgelʹ), бу́блик (uk) m (búblyk)
• Urdu: بیگل روٹی f (baigal roṭī)
• Vietnamese: bánh mì vòng
• Yiddish: בייגל m (beygl)

See also

• Beuge
• beugen

• Beugung
• Biege

• biegen
• Biegung

• donut, doughnut
• torus, toroid

Verb

1. (tennis) Achieve a score of 6-0 in a tennis set.
2. (sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Gable, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.ɡəl/
• Hyphenation: ba‧gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)

1. bagel (ring-shaped pastry)

Related terms

• beugel

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French

Alternative forms

• baguel
• beguel

Etymology

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From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɡɛl/, /be.ɡœl/

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛjɡew/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛjɣɨl/

Noun

bagel m (plural s)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• baguel

Etymology

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From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡel/ [baˈɣ̞el]

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)