dessert

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːt/
• (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɝt/

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• Homophone: desert (verb)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)

1. A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

Anagrams

• deserts, tressed

Etymology

From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).

Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

1. dessert

Pronunciation

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Noun

dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertje n)

1. dessert

Noun

dessert (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. dessert

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sɛʁ/

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Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

1. dessert, pudding

Verb

dessert

1. third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Further reading

• “dessert” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• déserts

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

Noun

dessert n (plural desserts)

1. dessert