baguette

Meaning

1. A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
2. A gem cut in such a shape.
3. A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
4. A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
5. One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
6. (ethnic, mildly, offensive, slang, slur) A French person, or a person of French descent.
7. (US, slang) Money.

Synonyms

French stick

French bread

French loaf

baguet

bread

🍞

french stick

loaf

Translations

baguette

Baguette

baguette de pain

baguette

baguete

baguet

baguette

pain français

stokbrood

baguete

pain

🍞

barra de pan

الرّغيف الفرنسيّ

francala

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bæˈɡɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French baguette (“stick”), from Italian bacchetta.