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breadstick

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹɛdˌstɪk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.

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 crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bread-stick

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bread, breadstuff, staff of life

Narrower terms: grissino

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1-der.? Proto-Germanic *braudą Proto-West Germanic *braud Old English brēad Middle English bred English bread English stick English breadstick From bread + stick.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُود الخُبْز (ʕūd al-ḵubz) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Bulgarian: гризи́на (grizína) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麵包棒 /面包棒 — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麪包棒 /面包棒 (miànbāo bàng) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Danish: brødstang — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Dutch: soepstengel — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Dutch: broodstengel — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Finnish: leipätikku — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Finnish: grissini — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • French: gressin — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • French: grissini — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • German: Grissini — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Greek: κριτσίνι (kritsíni) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Hebrew: גריסיני (grisíni) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Irish: cipín — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Irish: cipín aráin — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Italian: grissino — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Japanese: グリッシーニ (gurisshīni) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Japanese: スティックパン (sutikku-pan) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Korean: 막대빵 (makdaeppang) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Piedmontese: ghërsin — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Piedmontese: grissin — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Polish: paluszek — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Polish: grissini — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Polish: paluch — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Portuguese: gressino — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Russian: грисси́ни (grissíni) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Russian: хле́бная па́лочка (xlébnaja páločka) — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Serbo-Croatian: гриси́ни — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Serbo-Croatian: grisíni — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: rosquilleta — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: grisín — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: palillo de pan — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: palito de pan — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: colín — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: pico — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: palitroque — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Spanish: palitoque — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Swedish: grissini — slender loaf of crisp bread
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì que — slender loaf of crisp bread