donut

See also: dónut, dònut, Donut, and dönüt

English

Etymology

Alteration of doughnut, from dough +‎ nut. Attested 1900.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊnʌt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -əʊnʌt
• Homophone: doughnut
• Hyphenation: do‧nut

Noun

donut (plural donuts)

1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Alternative spelling of doughnut.
   • 1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, page 107:

     […] Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.

   • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:

     The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.

   • 2016 January 12, “'Boy racer' fined over donut tribute to pal”, in Belfast Telegraph‎^[2]:

     The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.

Usage notes

• This spelling was rare until the 1950s, but increasingly popular since then, possibly influenced by the spread of Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950).

Derived terms

• API donut
• bet a dollar to a donut
• Boston cream donut
• cronut
• donut bumper
• donut bumping
• donut cake
• donut city
• Donutgate
• donut hole
• donutlike
• donut patrol
• donut peach
• donut spare
• donutty
• Dutch donut
• French donut
• Hertz donut
• hyperdonut
• jelly donut
• snow donut
• spudnut
• take a flying fuck at a rolling donut
• time to make the donuts
• wager a dollar to a donut
• wonut

Descendants

• see: doughnut

Anagrams

• Tondu

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

donut

1. a doughnut; a deep-fried piece of dough or batter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English donut, from older doughnut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.nʏt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: do‧nut

Noun

donut m (plural donuts, diminutive donutje n)

1. a doughnut, a donut

   De Amerikaanse veteraan was nog steeds verbolgen over de donuts van het Rode Kruis.

   The American veteran was still enraged about the donuts of the Red Cross.

Related terms

• deeg
• noot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.nøt/

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Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)

   Synonym: beignet

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English donut.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.nɐt͡ʃ/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐt͡ʃ], /ˈdow.nɐ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐ.t͡ʃi], /ˈdɐ̃.nɐt͡ʃ/, /ˈdɐ̃.nɐ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.nɐt͡ʃ/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐt͡ʃ], /ˈdow.nɐ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐ.t͡ʃi], /ˈdɐ̃.nɐt͡ʃ/, /ˈdɐ̃.nɐ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.nɐt͡ʃ/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐt͡ʃ], /ˈdɐ.nɐt͡ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.nu.tɨ/

Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. alternative form of dónute

Further reading

• “donut”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdonut/ [ˈd̪o.nut̪]
  • Rhymes: -onut
• IPA^(key): /ˈdonat/ [ˈd̪o.nat̪]
  • Rhymes: -onat
• Syllabification: do‧nut

Noun

donut m (plural donuts)

1. alternative form of dónut (“donut, doughnut”)

Swedish

Donuts to the left and munkar to the right, in a store.

Noun

donut c

1. doughnut (deep-fried toroidal piece of dough)

   Synonyms: munk, flottyrring

Declension

Declension of donut

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	donut	donuts
	definite	donuten	donutens
plural	indefinite	donuts	donuts
	definite	donutsen	donutsens

References

• “donut”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)