noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈbɪs.kɪt/
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New-Zealand:/ˈbəs.kət/
/bɪs.keʈ/
[ˈbɪs.kë̞ʈ]
/bɪs.kɪʈ/
[ˈbɪs.kɪʈ]
/bɪs.kʊʈ/
[ˈbɪs.kʊʈ]
/bɪs.kəʈ/
[ˈbɪs.kɐʈ]
rhymes with -ɛt
rhymes with -ɪt
rhymes with -ɪskɪt
rhymes with -ʊt
rhymes with -ʌt
Philippines:/ˈbis.kwɪt/
CMU ARPABET:B IH1 S K AH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A cracker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, UK, countable, uncountable
Examples
cheese and biscuits
water biscuits
digestive biscuits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, especially, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
Near-synonyms: tack, bread
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tack, bread
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A form of unglazed earthenware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biscuitware, biscuitry
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A light brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quick bread
Narrower terms: rolled biscuit, drop biscuit, baking-powder biscuit, buttermilk biscuit, soda biscuit, hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit
History
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh1 Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *pekw- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékweti Proto-Italic *kwekwō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin coctus Early Medieval Latin biscoctus Old French bescuitbor. Middle English bisquyte English biscuit From earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit (French biscuit); doublet of biscotto.
Across languages
Translations
180 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
koekie
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Albanian:
biskotë
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Albanian:
galetë
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Western Apache:
báń łikane
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بَسْكَوِيت
(baskawīt)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بِسْكْوِي
(biskwī)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بَسْكُوت
(baskūt)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بِسْكِت
(biskit)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكويتة
(baskawita)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكويت
(baskawit)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكوت
(baskut)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
كحك
(kaḥk)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكوت
(baskūt)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكوت
(biskōt)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Iraqi Arabic:
بسكت
(biskit)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Arabic:
بسكوي
(biskwi)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Armenian:
թխվածք
(tʻxvackʻ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Armenian:
պեչենի
(pečʻeni)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Asturian:
galleta
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Asturian:
bizcuechu
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Azerbaijani:
biskvit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Azerbaijani:
peçenye
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Basque:
galleta
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Basque:
bixkotx
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Belarusian:
пе́чыва
(pjéčyva)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Belarusian:
пячэ́нне
(pjačénnje)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Belarusian:
пячэ́ньне
(pjačénʹnje)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Belarusian:
біскві́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Bengali:
বিস্কুট
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Breton:
gwispidenn
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Bulgarian:
суха́р
(suhár)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Bulgarian:
бискви́та
(biskvíta)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Bulgarian:
бискви́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Burmese:
ဘီစကွတ်
(bhica.kwat)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Burmese:
ဆိတ်နို့မုန့်
(hcitnui.mun.)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Catalan:
galeta
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Catalan:
bescuit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Chickasaw:
paska
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Chinese Cantonese:
餅乾 /饼干
(beng2 gon1)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Chinese Mandarin:
餅乾 /饼干
(bǐnggān)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Cornish:
tesen gales
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Czech:
sušenka
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Danish:
kiks
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Dutch:
biscuit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Dutch:
koekje
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Esperanto:
kringo
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Esperanto:
biskvito
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Esperanto:
kekso
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Estonian:
biskviit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Finnish:
keksi
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
French:
biscuit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Galician:
biscoito
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Georgian:
ორცხობილით
(orcxobilit)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
German:
Keks
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Greek:
μπισκότο
(biskóto)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Ancient Greek:
δίπυρος
(dípuros)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Gujarati:
બિસ્કિટ
(biskiṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Hebrew:
בִּיסְקְוִיט
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Hebrew:
ביסקוויט
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Hindi:
बिस्कुट
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Hungarian:
keksz
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Icelandic:
kex
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Ido:
bisquito
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Indonesian:
biskuit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Irish:
briosca
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Italian:
biscotto
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Italian:
biscottino
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Japanese:
ビスケット
(bisuketto)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Japanese:
クッキー
(kukkī)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Kazakh:
піспенан
(pıspenan)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Kazakh:
печенье
(peçene)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Khmer:
ប៊ិស្គីបត៍
(biskvii)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Korean:
비스킷
(biseukit)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Korean:
쿠키
(kuki)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Kyrgyz:
печенье
(pecenye)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Lao:
ຂະຫນົມປັງ
(kha nom pang)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Latin:
copta
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Latin:
tractum
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Latvian:
biskvīts
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Ligurian:
beschéutto
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Lithuanian:
biskvitas
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Luxembourgish:
Kichelchen
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Macedonian:
кекс
(keks)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Macedonian:
бискви́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Malay:
biskut
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Maltese:
gallettina
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Manx:
biskee
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Manx:
brishtag
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Māori:
pihikete
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Marathi:
बिस्किट
(biskiṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Marshallese:
būreej
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Marshallese:
petkōj
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Mongolian:
жигнэмэг
(žignemeg)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Mongolian:
печень
(pečenʹ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Mongolian:
ᠵᠢᠩᠨᠡᠮᠡᠭ
(ǰingnemeg)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Mongolian:
ᠫᠧᠴᠧᠨᠢ
(pēčēni)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Khiamniungan Naga:
thāmtsâi
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Nauruan:
beitker
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Navajo:
bááh nímazí
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjeks
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Norwegian Bokmål:
småkake
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Iranian Persian:
بیسْکوئیت
(bisku'it)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Polish:
ciastko
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Polish:
herbatnik
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Portuguese:
biscoito
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Punjabi:
ਬਿਸਕੁਟ
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Romanian:
biscuit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Russian:
пече́нье
(pečénʹje)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Russian:
бискви́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Scottish Gaelic:
briosgaid
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Serbo-Croatian:
бѝсквӣт
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Serbo-Croatian:
ке̏кс
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Serbo-Croatian:
bìskvīt
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Serbo-Croatian:
kȅks
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Sicilian:
viscottu
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Slovak:
sušienka
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Slovene:
piškot
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Spanish:
galleta
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Spanish:
bísquet
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Swahili:
biskuti
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Swedish:
kex
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tagalog:
biskwit
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tajik:
кулча
(kulča)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tajik:
печен'е
(pečen'ye)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tamil:
பிஸ்கட்
(piskaṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tamil:
மாச்சில்லு
(māccillu)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Tamil:
ஈரட்டி
(īraṭṭi)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Thai:
บิสกิต
(bís-gìt)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Thai:
ขนมปังกรอบ
(kà-nǒm-bpang-grɔ̀ɔp)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Turkish:
bisküvi
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Turkmen:
köke
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Ukrainian:
пе́чиво
(péčyvo)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Ukrainian:
біскві́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Urdu:
بِسْکِٹ
(biskiṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Urdu:
بِسْکُٹ
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Uyghur:
پېچىنە
(pëchine)
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Uzbek:
pechenye
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Vietnamese:
bánh quy
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Walloon:
biscûte
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Welsh:
bisgeden
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Welsh:
bisgïen
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Zulu:
bhisikidi
— small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker
Afrikaans:
skon
— small bread similar to scone
Chickasaw:
paska
— small bread similar to scone
Esperanto:
biskoto
— small bread similar to scone
Esperanto:
kekso
— small bread similar to scone
Esperanto:
biskvito
— small bread similar to scone
Esperanto:
skono
— small bread similar to scone
Esperanto:
paneto
— small bread similar to scone
Finnish:
teeleipä
— small bread similar to scone
Latin:
bucellātum
— small bread similar to scone
Polish:
chleb herbatnikowy
— small bread similar to scone
Spanish:
hallulla
— small bread similar to scone
Swedish:
tekaka
— small bread similar to scone
Welsh:
bara deugras
— small bread similar to scone
Bulgarian:
суха́р
(suhár)
— ship's "bread"
Catalan:
bescuit
— ship's "bread"
Danish:
beskøjt
— ship's "bread"
Esperanto:
marbiskvito
— ship's "bread"
Finnish:
laivakorppu
— ship's "bread"
French:
biscuit
— ship's "bread"
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjeks
— ship's "bread"
Norwegian Bokmål:
beskøyter
— ship's "bread"
Polish:
suchar
— ship's "bread"
Russian:
гале́та
(galéta)
— ship's "bread"
Bulgarian:
неглази́рана кера́мика
(neglazírana kerámika)
— form of earthenware
Finnish:
bisque
— form of earthenware
French:
biscuit
— form of earthenware
Malay:
biskut
— form of earthenware
Polish:
biskwit
— form of earthenware
Portuguese:
biscuit
— form of earthenware
Romanian:
biscuit
— form of earthenware
Spanish:
biscocho
— form of earthenware
Spanish:
bizcocho
— form of earthenware
Finnish:
vaaleanruskea
— light brown colour
Polish:
kolor biszkoptowy
— light brown colour
Afrikaans:
lamelverbinding
— woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface
Finnish:
liitospala
— woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface
Finnish:
keksi
— woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface
Polish:
biskwit
— woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface