dessert
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɜːt/
- (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA(key): /dɪˈzɝt/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: desert (noun sense “that which is deserved”, verb)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Noun
[edit]dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)
- The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
- I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
- Can I see the dessert menu, please?
- A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Japanese: デザート (dezāto)
Translations
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Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).
Noun
[edit]dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)
Inflection
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dessert | desserten | desserter | desserterne |
genitive | desserts | dessertens | desserters | desserternes |
Further reading
[edit]- “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: dessert
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dessert (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | dessert | desserdid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | desserdi | ||
genitive | dessertide | ||
partitive | desserti | desserte dessertisid | |
illative | desserti desserdisse |
dessertidesse desserdesse | |
inessive | desserdis | dessertides desserdes | |
elative | desserdist | dessertidest desserdest | |
allative | desserdile | dessertidele desserdele | |
adessive | desserdil | dessertidel desserdel | |
ablative | desserdilt | dessertidelt desserdelt | |
translative | desserdiks | dessertideks desserdeks | |
terminative | desserdini | dessertideni | |
essive | desserdina | dessertidena | |
abessive | desserdita | dessertideta | |
comitative | desserdiga | dessertidega |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dessert”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- dessert in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) + servir (“serve”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert m (plural desserts)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Verb
[edit]dessert
Further reading
[edit]- “dessert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)
References
[edit]- “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)
References
[edit]- “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert m (plural desserts)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Sutsilvan) dultsch
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]dessert c
Declension
[edit]Declension of dessert | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dessert | desserten | desserter | desserterna |
Genitive | desserts | dessertens | desserters | desserternas |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- dessert in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- dessert in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)
Further reading
[edit]- “dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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