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beignet

beignet

6 8.3
A soft fried pastry sprinkled with powdered sugar
  • noun
  • /beɪˈneɪ/
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  • In the morning, we rose early and went to the Café du Monde for coffee and beignets.
  • beignets and coffee
  • beignets at café
  • beignets in sugar

My plan for today is to make some beignets.

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Examples

  • "These are good," she said, picking up a beignet dusted with powdered sugar.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Down the street, over coffee served in a bowl and beignets, she began to sniffle.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • - Is this the beignet place?

  • - One beignet coming up.

  • - And get me a beignet.

  • These things were magical, like soft and hot and dense, like a beignet, like super, super good stuff.

  • - Just want to try some beignets with you.

  • I can't wait to try my first beignet.

  • To end the night, we ordered French Quarter beignets and ice cream, along with French-pressed coffee.

    Blog text (29)
  • I can't wait to try my first beignet, especially since I've heard they're delicious.

Synonyms

pastry
vsbeignet
90 1.0

A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee

is a deep-fried yeast version rather than a baked flour-based good
French pastry
vsbeignet
2 3.2

A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam

is made by deep-frying yeast dough rather than being baked
French fritter
vsbeignet
6.0

A deep-fried pastry made with yeast like a doughnut often dusted with powdered sugar

is a regional specialty linked to specific local culinary traditions

Surface Forms

beignet singular
beignets plural

Etymology

The word beignet comes from the French beigne, which meant a small 'bump' or 'lump' of dough. So a beignet is like a little fried 'doughnut' that puffs up into a soft, round shape and is often sprinkled with sugar.