bagel
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See also: Bagel
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbeɪ.ɡɫ̩]
- (regional US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɡl̩/
- (Canada, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ˈbæɡ.əl/, [ˈbæɡ.l̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbæɪ.ɡl̩]
- Rhymes: -eɪɡəl, -æɡəl
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).
Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.
Alternative forms
- beigel (UK)
Noun
bagel (plural bagels)
- A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
- (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
- 2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC:
- The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.
- (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
Synonyms
Translations
toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked
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Descendants
- → Chinese: 貝果／贝果 (bèiguǒ)
- → Dutch: bagel
- → Finnish: bagel
- → French: bagel
- → German: Bagel
- → Greek: μπέιγκελ (béigkel)
- → Hijazi Arabic: بيقل (bēgil, bēgal)
- → Indonesian: bagel
- → Italian: bagel
- → Japanese: ベーグル (bēguru)
- → Korean: 베이글 (beigeul)
- → Persian: بیگل (beygel)
- → Portuguese: bagel
- → Russian: бейгл (bejgl)
- → Spanish: bagel
- → Thai: เบเกิล (bee-gə̂l)
- → Ukrainian: бейґл (bejgl)
Derived terms
Related terms
in German
See also
Verb
bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling or (US) bageling, simple past and past participle bagelled or (US) bageled)
Etymology 2
Noun
bagel (plural bagels)
- Alternative form of bagle
- 2003, Jeffrey Cohen, A Farewell to Legs: An Aaron Tucker Mystery, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 211:
- “He’s so adorable, Aaron. Part beagle, part basset hound.” “A bagel. Very appropriate.”
- 2005, Christina Larson, Marty Is Dead, Protea Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
- In October, Allan and Rebecca began to care for Marty’s dog Phil more often and adopted the “bagel” (basset and beagle mix breed) when the time came.
- 2005, Margaret H. Bonham, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Designer Dogs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 109:
- The Bagel isn’t necessarily a popular dog, but they seem to appear often enough to be worth mentioning.
- 2010, Dogs All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., page 601:
- The Bagel is a cross between the Beagle and the Basset Hound. Though not as popular as some of the more well-established mixes, the short-coated Bagel has the loving personality one would expect from two Hounds, plus the potential for some stubbornness.
- 2012, G. Terrell Cotter, The Arm of the Lord: End Times Mystery, WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 28:
- Linus was half basset and half beagle hound, thus a bagel.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)
- bagel (ring-shaped pastry)
Related terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bagel
- Synonym of vesirinkeli
Declension
| Inflection of bagel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | bagel | bagelit | |
| genitive | bagelin | bagelien | |
| partitive | bagelia | bageleja | |
| illative | bageliin | bageleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bagel | bagelit | |
| accusative | nom. | bagel | bagelit |
| gen. | bagelin | ||
| genitive | bagelin | bagelien | |
| partitive | bagelia | bageleja | |
| inessive | bagelissa | bageleissa | |
| elative | bagelista | bageleista | |
| illative | bageliin | bageleihin | |
| adessive | bagelilla | bageleilla | |
| ablative | bagelilta | bageleilta | |
| allative | bagelille | bageleille | |
| essive | bagelina | bageleina | |
| translative | bageliksi | bageleiksi | |
| abessive | bagelitta | bageleitta | |
| instructive | — | bagelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “bagel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Alternative forms
- baguel
- beguel
Etymology
Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
bagel m (plural bagels)
- bagel (toroidal bread roll)
Etymology
From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bagêl (first-person possessive bagelku, second-person possessive bagelmu, third-person possessive bagelnya)
Further reading
- “bagel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Noun
bagel
Noun
bagel
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
bagel m (plural bagels)
- bagel (toroidal bread roll)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bagel m (plural bagels)
- bagel (toroidal bread roll)
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