baguette
pronunciation
How to pronounce baguette in British English:
UK [bæˈget]
How to pronounce baguette in American English:
US [bæˈɡɛt]
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- Noun:
- narrow French stick loaf
Word Origin
- baguette (n.)
- 1727, a type of architectural ornament, from French baguette (16c.), from Italian bacchetta, literally "a small rod," diminutive of bacchio "rod," from Latin baculum "a stick" (see bacillus). Meaning "a diamond cut long" is from 1926; that of "a long, thin loaf of French bread" is from 1958.
Example
- 1. France : baguette is the most sweet !
- 2. Don 't hit it with a bat . Try a baguette instead .
- 3. Meg eating her french french baguette .
- 4. Cafes and bars line the streets ; cheese , baguette and mustard are on supermarket shelves ; and baggy hip-hop clothing hangs in fashion stores near the campus .
- 5. The frenchman offered everyone some of his baguette , then threw it out the window , saying , " don 't worry-we have plenty of those where I come from . "