nougat

See also: Nougat

English

WOTD – 30 August 2010

Raw nougat being whipped at the Palais des Bonbons et du Nougat in Montélimar, France

Two bars of French-style nougat

Hazelnut-based nougat in Germany

American (left) and British (right) versions of the same nougat-filled candy bar

Etymology

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːɡɑː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌɡɪt/, /ˈnuːɡɑː/
• (US, Canada) enPR: no͞oʹgu̇t IPA^(key): /ˈnuɡət/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ, (UK) -ʌɡɪt

Noun

nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)

1. (uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
   • 1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24:

     Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.

   • 1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:

     […] (being twenty four and
     never screwed but in her
     soft nougat thighs) […]

   • 2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time‎^[1]:

     […] it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts […]

2. (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
   • 1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235:

     When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.

Hyponyms

• Viennese nougat

Derived terms

• white nougat

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 (niu⁵ git³ tong^4-2)
  • → Wu: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 (⁵gniau-ciq₇-daon₆)
• → Welsh: nyget
• → Wu: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (⁶gnieu-gaq₈-daon₆)
  • → Hakka: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (ngiù-kâ-thòng)
  • → Mandarin: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng)

Translations

a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron

• Arabic: نُوغَة f (nūḡa), ناطف m (nāṭif), قُبَّيْط m (qubbayṭ)

  Gulf Arabic: گز

• Armenian: նուգա (hy) (nuga)
• Basque: nogat
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: нуга f (nuga)
• Catalan: nogat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (zh) (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng)

• Czech: nugát
• Danish: nougat (da) c
• Dutch: noga (nl) m, nougat (nl) m
• Esperanto: nugato
• Estonian: nugat
• Faroese: nugga n
• Finnish: nougat (fi), nugaa (fi)
• French: nougat (fr) m, nougatine (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Nougat (de) m or n
• Greek: μαντολάτο (el) n (mantoláto)
• Hebrew: נוגט (he) f (núgat)
• Hungarian: nugát (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: torrone (it) m, mandorlato (it) m
• Japanese: ヌガー (nugā)
• Korean: 누가 (nuga)
• Latin: nucatum
• Latvian: nuga f
• Lithuanian: nuga f
• Macedonian: ну́гат m (núgat)
• Malay: nugat
• Maltese: qubbajt m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nougat m, nugat m

  Nynorsk: nougat m, nugat m

• Occitan: nogat m
• Persian: نوقا (nuga), گز (gaz), لوکا (loka)
• Polish: nugat (pl) m
• Portuguese: nogado m, nougat (pt) m, torrone, mandolate
• Romanian: nuga (ro) f
• Russian: нуга́ (ru) f (nugá)
• Serbo-Croatian: mandulat
• Sicilian: cubbàita, cupeta.
• Slovak: nugát
• Slovene: nugat
• Spanish: turrón francés m, nuégado m
• Swedish: nougat (sv)
• Thai: ตังเม (th) (dtang-mee), แตงเม (th) (dtɛɛng-mee) (rare)
• Vietnamese: kẹo nu-ga
• Welsh: nyget m
• Yiddish: נוגאַט m (nugat)

See also

• turron

References

• “nougat, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
• Ragusea, Adam. "What Is Nougat and Why Is It in Every Candy Bar?", YouTube, 9 June 2020.

Anagrams

• toguna

Danish

Noun

nougat

1. brown nougat, Viennese nougat

See also

• fransk nougat (“white nougat”)

Finnish

Alternative forms

• nugaa

Etymology

From French nougat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuɡɑː/, [ˈnuɡɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -uɡɑː

Noun

nougat

1. nougat

Usage notes

As the inflection looks awkward, it may sometimes be advisable to use the Finnicized form nugaa (“nougat”).

Declension

Inflection of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		nougat	nougat’t
genitive		nougat’n	nougat’iden nougat’itten
partitive		nougat’ta	nougat’ita
illative		nougat’han	nougat’ihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nougat	nougat’t
accusative	nom.	nougat	nougat’t
	gen.	nougat’n
genitive		nougat’n	nougat’iden nougat’itten
partitive		nougat’ta	nougat’ita
inessive		nougat’ssa	nougat’issa
elative		nougat’sta	nougat’ista
illative		nougat’han	nougat’ihin
adessive		nougat’lla	nougat’illa
ablative		nougat’lta	nougat’ilta
allative		nougat’lle	nougat’ille
essive		nougat’na	nougat’ina
translative		nougat’ksi	nougat’iksi
abessive		nougat’tta	nougat’itta
instructive		—	nougat’in
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nougat’ni nougat’ni accusative nom. nougat’ni nougat’ni gen. nougat’ni genitive nougat’ni nougat’ideni nougat’itteni partitive nougat’tani nougat’itani inessive nougat’ssani nougat’issani elative nougat’stani nougat’istani illative nougat’hani nougat’ihini adessive nougat’llani nougat’illani ablative nougat’ltani nougat’iltani allative nougat’lleni nougat’illeni essive nougat’nani nougat’inani translative nougat’kseni nougat’ikseni abessive nougat’ttani nougat’ittani instructive — — comitative — nougat’ineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nougat’si nougat’si accusative nom. nougat’si nougat’si gen. nougat’si genitive nougat’si nougat’idesi nougat’ittesi partitive nougat’tasi nougat’itasi inessive nougat’ssasi nougat’issasi elative nougat’stasi nougat’istasi illative nougat’hasi nougat’ihisi adessive nougat’llasi nougat’illasi ablative nougat’ltasi nougat’iltasi allative nougat’llesi nougat’illesi essive nougat’nasi nougat’inasi translative nougat’ksesi nougat’iksesi abessive nougat’ttasi nougat’ittasi instructive — — comitative — nougat’inesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nougat’mme nougat’mme accusative nom. nougat’mme nougat’mme gen. nougat’mme genitive nougat’mme nougat’idemme nougat’ittemme partitive nougat’tamme nougat’itamme inessive nougat’ssamme nougat’issamme elative nougat’stamme nougat’istamme illative nougat’hamme nougat’ihimme adessive nougat’llamme nougat’illamme ablative nougat’ltamme nougat’iltamme allative nougat’llemme nougat’illemme essive nougat’namme nougat’inamme translative nougat’ksemme nougat’iksemme abessive nougat’ttamme nougat’ittamme instructive — — comitative — nougat’inemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nougat’nne nougat’nne accusative nom. nougat’nne nougat’nne gen. nougat’nne genitive nougat’nne nougat’idenne nougat’ittenne partitive nougat’tanne nougat’itanne inessive nougat’ssanne nougat’issanne elative nougat’stanne nougat’istanne illative nougat’hanne nougat’ihinne adessive nougat’llanne nougat’illanne ablative nougat’ltanne nougat’iltanne allative nougat’llenne nougat’illenne essive nougat’nanne nougat’inanne translative nougat’ksenne nougat’iksenne abessive nougat’ttanne nougat’ittanne instructive — — comitative — nougat’inenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative nougat’nsa nougat’nsa accusative nom. nougat’nsa nougat’nsa gen. nougat’nsa genitive nougat’nsa nougat’idensa nougat’ittensa partitive nougat’taan nougat’tansa nougat’itaan nougat’itansa inessive nougat’ssaan nougat’ssansa nougat’issaan nougat’issansa elative nougat’staan nougat’stansa nougat’istaan nougat’istansa illative nougat’hansa nougat’ihinsa adessive nougat’llaan nougat’llansa nougat’illaan nougat’illansa ablative nougat’ltaan nougat’ltansa nougat’iltaan nougat’iltansa allative nougat’lleen nougat’llensa nougat’illeen nougat’illensa essive nougat’naan nougat’nansa nougat’inaan nougat’inansa translative nougat’kseen nougat’ksensa nougat’ikseen nougat’iksensa abessive nougat’ttaan nougat’ttansa nougat’ittaan nougat’ittansa instructive — — comitative — nougat’ineen nougat’inensa

Further reading

• “nougat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• guanot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.ɡa/

• Audio:

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Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)

1. nougat (sweet confection with egg white and almonds or nuts)
2. (colloquial) piece of cake

   Cette affaire, c’est du nougat. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (slang, in the plural) feet
4. (World War I slang) rifle

   Synonym: fusil

   • 2016, Jacques Tardi, Dominique Grange, Le dernier assaut, Bruxelles, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 25:

     Prends mon nougat ! Passe-moi le sien !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Arabic: نُوغَة (nūḡa)
• → Armenian: նուգա (nuga)
• → Bulgarian: нуга (nuga)
• → Danish: nougat
• → Dutch: nougat
• → English: nougat (see there for further descendants)
• → Esperanto: nugato
• → Finnish: nugaa, nougat
• → Faroese: nugga
• → German: Nougat
• → Hebrew: נוגט (núgat)
• → Hungarian: nugát
• → Japanese: ヌガー (nugā)
• → Korean: 누가 (nuga)
• → New Latin: nucatum
• → Malay: nugat
• → Norwegian Bokmål: nugat, nougat
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: nugat, nougat
• → Polish: nugat
• → Portuguese: nougat
• → Russian: нуга́ (nugá)
• → Swedish: nougat
• → Vietnamese: nu-ga

Further reading

• “nougat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nugat

Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougater, definite plural nougatene)

1. nougat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nugat

Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougatar, definite plural nougatane)

1. nougat

Portuguese

Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)

1. nougat (a confection of honey and roasted nuts)

   Synonym: nogado

Swedish

Etymology

From French nougat.

Noun

nougat c

1. nougat

Declension

Declension of nougat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nougat	nougats
	definite	nougaten	nougatens
plural	indefinite	nougater	nougaters
	definite	nougaterna	nougaternas

References

• nougat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nougat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nougat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)