cake

(Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
2. (countable, uncountable) A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
3. (countable, uncountable) A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
4. (countable, uncountable) A block of any various dense materials.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable) Money.
7. (countable, uncountable) Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
9. (countable, uncountable) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

Verb

1. (transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
2. (transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.
3. (intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/keɪk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: cake

Verwant aan Noors: kake

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kakǭ
Old Norse kakabor.
Middle English cake
English cake
From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).

Concepten

koek

🍪

taart

🥧

cake

stuk

gebak

blok

vastkoeken

bedekken

steen

🪨

tichel

toetje

baksteen

gebakje

bouwsteen

dessert

flensje

klinker

nagerecht

pannenkoek

pudding

Synoniemen

pastry

pie

🥧

cookie

🍪

tart

dessert

bar

biscuit

patty

slab

crust

pudding

bread

🍞

baked goods

harden

gateau

coat

🧥

clump

clot

block

congeal

thicken

sweet

tablet

set

curdle

spindle

pancake

ball up

ingot

concrete

brick

flan

piece

coagulate

clothe

block out

bathe

clod

cloak

case

blanket

batch

bake

drape

doughnut

🍩

carpet

éclair

encase

encrust

disguise

Vertalingen

gâteau

Kuchen

🥧

torta

🥧

pastel

tarta

🥧

bolo

🍰

torta

pastís

🥧

ciasto

Torte

kek

🍰

τούρτα

dolce

κέικ

coca

Zinnen

She expects that her birthday cake should be pink , not purple .

Ze verwacht dat haar verjaardagstaart roze moet zijn, niet paars.