pretzel
pronunciation
How to pronounce pretzel in British English:
UK [ˈpretsl]
How to pronounce pretzel in American English:
US [ˈprɛtsəl]
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- Noun:
- glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
Word Origin
- pretzel (n.)
- 1851, from German Prezel, also Brezel, from Middle High German brezel, prezel, from Old High German brezitella, brecedela, from Medieval Latin *brachitella, presumably a kind of biscuit baked in the shape of folded arms (source also of Italian bracciatella, Old Provençal brassadel), diminutive of Latin bracchiatus "with branches, with arms," from bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Greek brakhion "an arm" (see brachio-).
Example
- 1. In the episode , pretzel store managers competed for the chance to win their own pretzel operation .
- 2. I got a pretzel in my head .
- 3. You want to buy me an overpriced pretzel ?
- 4. You drove all the way out here for a soft pretzel ?
- 5. Sure you don 't wanna pretzel ?