kouign

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɲ/

Noun

kouign m (plural kouignoù)

1. cake, bun, brioche

Derived terms

• kouign-amann
• kouign-ened
• kouign-erc'h
• kouign-rouanez
• kouignaoua
• kouignenn

Mutation

Mutation of kouign

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kouign	gouign	c'houign	unchanged
plural	kouignoù	gouignoù	c'houignoù	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Deshayes, Albert (2003), “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1530