beignet
noun
- a fritter with a filling of fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, cheese, etc.
- a square doughnut or friedcake coated with powdered sugar
See beignet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also bei·gné (bĕn-yāˈ, bĕnˈyāˌ)
noun Southern Louisiana - A square doughnut with no hole: “a New Orleans coffeehouse selling beignets, an insidious Louisianian cousin of the doughnut that exists to get powdered sugar on your face” (Los Angeles Times).
- A fritter.
Regional Note: New Orleans, Louisiana, has been a rich contributor of French loan words and local expressions to American English. Many New Orleans words, such as
beignet, café au lait, faubourg, lagniappe, and
krewe, reflect the New World French cuisine and culture characterizing this region. Other words reflect distinctive physical characteristics of the city:
banquette, a raised sidewalk, and
camelback and
shotgun, distinctive architectural styles found among New Orleans houses.
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